Language School

Today was our second day of language school. It is going very well so far. For this first week, we are attending school from 9 am to 1 pm. We pack lunch and eat as we study. Four hours is a long time for Johnny, and he keeps coming over to visit Krista and me (especially as we get near the end of our classes). But, I just read him a kid's book in Spanish or talk about all the animals we see in Spanish (including some nice big cockroaches right outside the classroom). Johnny especially likes cucarachas (cockroaches) and mariposas (butterflies). We (Krista, David and I) even did some homework (tarea) last night. Krista and I are in a class together for the first two hours, and we are in a class with another couple for the second two hours. Our teacher, Delia, is very helpful and we are learning a lot (and taking lots of notes). Andrew and Johnny are in a class together and David has been in a "group" class with a 13 year old. He seems to be keeping up well with the other boy, and David enjoys studying and doing homework.

Tomorrow Krista is going to go on a field trip after our class with one of the instructors (Carly) while I come back to the house with the boys.

We are enjoying the opportunity to use our Spanish with so many people that we meet. The taxi drivers have all been nice (and tolerant of my chatting), and we have met a very nice family who has a little restaurant right on the beach. They make wonderful huge smoothies for $2.

Krista and I are probably going to take a salsa class and a cooking class in Spanish (offered at the school) in the next couple weeks.

The weather has been pretty hot, and we have really enjoyed having air conditioning in our rooms.

Cristobal