Last night my family took me for my first car ride in Guatemala. It was quite the experience. People drive absolutely crazily here. There are no speed limits, no stop signs, and no laws whatsoever. (About seatbelts, number of people in cars, number of people in backs of trucks, etc.) No laws. I was the only person in the entire town wearing a seatbelt, I felt like. My brother is a very good driver, but I was still being the most nervous backseat driver. El dice "Brianna, estas una chica muy nerviosa, no?" and I said "no! only when i am in a car in guatemala!" It was interesting.
Another interesting occurance of Saturday was my cousin Manuel asking me out for coffee (rather insistently) The third time he called, my host mom told him that I have a boyfriend (luckily) but I told him I'd go out with him as friends. I love exploring the city with my friends, but its quite different when you can go with natives. It's the best way to learn!
The first weekend here was quite interesting, needless to say. Friday night, we danced la salsa for 3 hours! My calves have been quite sore. Good excercise! If you guys haven't figured out by now, I have fallen in love with Salsa dancing and the reggaeton-salsa music down here. And yes Karsten i will GLADLY teach you when I get home! It's all partner dancing, and if you can dance with a Guatemalan who really knows how to dance, you're in for the experience of a lifetime. I thought I knew what dancing was before, but after only one week here I discovered I had absolutely no idea! People actually DANCE down here. I wish everyone in the United States could have the experience of dancing la salsa with a Latino. Me encanta bailar!
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OK, so dancing is fun -- cool. What about the intensive Spanish?
ReplyDeleteAnd, um, I signed up to be a follower -- not for your tempos -- but for getting notified when something new is posted. Does it work that way? I did not get an email about this new post.
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Dad