Fin de semana

Its the weekend here like it is there ofcourse. At the parque central there are so many people and they are setting it up for a big political rally today along with a market selling anything from shoes to food. Anything you want can be found there and wow what a selection if you choose to visit you will have to hold back on buying the first item you like because there are similar items throughout and have many different desighns with prices varing too. For example you can purchase a bag that has everything you want but a few tiendas down the street is a bag that is excactly the same but costs much less, or you find a bag you think is nice and may have what you want and buy it only to find out latter when you walk a little further there is another bag that has more and looks even nicer or may have a differernt disighn and costs less. Look look look and if you have to go back to the begining to purchase what you want it will be worth it there are no standard prices in the streets and dont feel bad to hagle. Most of the time you cant go from 10 quetsales to 5 without much effort.

Last Day of the 2nd Week

Well the last day of the 2nd week has come and my time here is getting closer to the end. This week i learned alot about irregular verbs and more meanings. My vocabulary is growing althogh i need to study more to get them memerized. On the other hand i have been speaking more spanish than i have ever in the past and because of the instructors here it has come eaisier and without shame.
The weather has been good today and nice and shiny. I love the sun. Anyway ill write more agian later.

Third Day of the 2nd Week

It rains here on a regular basis. Every day in the evening. Coming from a part of the world were there isnt much rain to talk about this rain at first was a wonderful thing, now its getting a little bit much. I miss the sun shining and the heat its cold and wet here. My classes are going well I think but my moral is taking a beating without the sun. My instructor this week is very strong in his beliefs about the United States and the people who come here from there. He has some different thoughts about the american way of life and he gets these thoughts from what he hears and sees the people who vist from the United States. Some ideas are stereotypes like everyone in the States have money to waist and everyone has many things. I mentioned to him that thats not completely true and that I for one have little and dont have money to waist. I also mentioned that many people in the states dont, but like i said he has his beliefs and opinions. That being said he doesnt let it get in the way of him teaching. He is a good instructor but he is wrong about some of the things he interprets. I celebrated my birthday over here and my family here has gone out of there way to make my day special, they may not have alot of money but they know how to make someone feel loved. They remind me of my Wife and little girl back home. I miss you Mari and Delilah very much and the time here is nothing like the time with you. Im enjoying my time here but like they say ´´theres no place like home´´.

Rain

First Day of The Second Week

This morning it was very nice and there was so much sun you could have gotten a sunburn. That has all gone away now that it is evening. I walked through a rain storm to recharge my phone with min. and its a good thing that i have a poncho because it practically saved me from drowning. lol. I hope tomarrow the sun shines again and it probably will at least in the morning. LOL I also have a new instructor for the week and every week will be changing. My new instructor is very nice and his name is Mateo. well will see how this week goes. I have been fighting a little battle with homesickness but its seems to be getting better. Thats what happens. Ill keep you informed. bye for now.

The streets of Quetsaltenango right outside my front door.

Friday

Alot of time has passed so it seems. Its only friday of the first week that im here. I have three more weeks to go before Ill be going home. The levels of cultur shock have started and now im in the second stage but my family at home and the new family i have here are great and are helping me deal with the emotions of cultur shock. Besides that the time here is great when im not at home im in the streets checking out all the woulderfully colored buildings and the clothing the native people wear. The streets are similar to those in Mexico and other cities around the world im sure. Tomarrow my family here is taking me to the huge market and there i will shop for supplies to last the remainder of the time i have left here. They say the market is really big and everyone from the city who needs to sell there things or needs to buy things will be there. Im looking forward to it and Ill tell you all about it tomarrow.