Well, the unfamiliar becomes more familiar as time moves on. We`ve now made it through week 2 of language school - hooray! We`ve learned so much in 2 weeks - or maybe I should say that we`re practicing our Spanish so much more. There`s still so much more to learn and use even in the week we have left here.
The weeks here are pretty much the same day in and out - we go to school in the morning to practice grammar and structure and then in the afternoon we spend time in conversation class. This week`s conversation class was so much better than last week. I felt like we were able to actually talk about something different each day that might actually help us in the future.
As I`ve gotten used to the order of the day, I`ve come to enjoy what we`re doing more. However, the most difficult part of each day is waiting until 3pm for lunch. Most days we eat a small snack during our break at school, but on the days we don`t, it`s SO hard to come back and wait an hour in our rooms before we get to eat. But, I think this waiting for food has helped me to be more mindful of those who are not fortunate enough to eat multiple meals per day or even everyday. It`s so easy to take that for granted when we have food surrounding us in our culture.
After lunch, on most days, we walk to the Zocalo in el centro de Cuernavaca (downtown area). There`s always something going on there - music, people, vendors (where we don`t buy food, por supuesto - of course!) and many tiendas (stores) everywhere. In México, it`s interesting how the tiendas operate. Each store sells one item (or a selection of the same item). Por ejemplo, there are papelerías (stationary stores), pastelerías (cake stores), abarrotes (small convenience stores), joyerías (jewelry stores), zapaterías (shoe stores), libererías (book stores), perfumerías (perfume stores), panaderías (bakeries), etc. I have even seen a store that only sells huevos (eggs) and one that only sells tortillas. So, shopping can take some time going from one store to the next.
Normally, we return back to our house around 7 or 7:30 and prepare for cena (supper) - which is usually at 8pm. Victoria usually prepares something fairly simple for us - but it`s always good. It`s during these meal times that we get to spend time with her and sometimes with her family. Victoria is a great teacher - she is very patient with us. No matter our language speaking ability she is always willing to listen to us and explain things from a ¨Mexican perspective.¨ I think I`ve learned just as much from our time with her as I have at school. All the same, it`s been a good experience for us and we only have one more week to go, which is hard to believe. The time is going quickly.
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