For the past month I've been studying at Juan Sisay Spanish school in Xela, Guatemala. It's been a different experience than I expected, but highly enjoyable. We met a great group of students and the times we shared were reminiscent of the days of college where we studied hard and played hard, going to five hours of Spanish class, then usually a school arranged activity before drinking with friends at a bar or disco at night. Well, I'm not quite sure how hard I studied, but I learned a lot and had a great time. Some of my favorite activities included going kayaking on lake Atitlan, enjoying natural saunas in the picturesque Guatemalan mountains, seeing the local wool weaving process, helping teach English, playing futbol, playing on the play structure and huge concrete slide atop el
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