no hablo espanol!

Here i am in Ecuador.

getting off the plane into the panama city airport... good bye English, hola Espanol and really trashy acid washed jeans.

My homestay is with three sisters, Yolanda, Sylvia and Elaina. They are very adorable, and older, maybe 45-55, and very sweet and gracious. They seem to share the responsibilities of me very well, Sylvia drove me home from the airport, Yolanda gave me the tour of the house and explained everything to me (in spanish) and this morning Elaina gave me my breakfast at 8, a little bowl of cantelope, sweet bread with jam and a cup of fruit tea. Their house is mucho beuno. very well kept with little figurines everywhere and crystal orinaments and clocks. My room is great, a little desk, and a big wooden dresser, heavy blankets and a huge window and my own bathroom.


lessons this morning were so exhausting! i got there and we went straight into it! 4 hours with a 20 minute break. My french was getting in the way a little, you say a lot more S in spanish where i feel like the S is often silent in french like in est. so that kept tripping me up in my conjugations. learning spanish seems like the hardest thing after today´s first lesson, but i´m really gonna put my mind to it.

i just finished eating lunch with three other girls from the school, there is a restaurant downstairs in my school buidling with a lunch special with a sopa, a plata and postre for 3 dollars. I think that is pretty standard, and is awesome. there was tons of stuff like it as i was walking home, and lots of places to buy fruit and cakes and things. the walk to school is nice, no more than 15 minutes, I pass lots of pretty houses, all very coloforul. Yolanda walked me this morning stopping to point out buildings and landmarks I would rememeber so i could find my way back in the afternoon. very helpful.

i slept for part of every single flight, but still didn´t get to the homestay and to bed until one and so after the lesson i am pooped.


pretty cool so far ya´ll.