Finally Here!

Finally landed in the great colonial city of Morelia! On the first day (Wednesday, April 14), I started with a Spanish test - I could have told the school that there wasn't much to test, but nonetheless that took an hour, then I had four hour of classes, then an hour of orientation to the school, city and how the home stay works. I then returned to the house I was staying at for lunch, then back to the school for a walking tour of the city (which was about 2.5 hours). Afterwords, I returned to my home for another meal then about an hour of homework before going to my first professional soccer game. I returned home around 12 midnight.

The next day, Thursday, I had four more hours of classes, which whizzed by, then off to lunch then about 2 hours of homework - writing sentences and reviewing my grammar with my house assistant (mother).

Friday brought a tough morning - the grammar in my sentences was a bit off - I was missing accents or prepositions - small details, but apparently important! The afternoon I had a big lunch then walked around the city for about 2 hours practicing my Spanish. Found many beautiful churches - I'll post the pictures later. Started learning my prayers in Spanish. As you can see, I also went out on Friday with some other students. One of the fellows showed us his bugle he uses in the marching band he instructs at a local school. A couple of the students tried to play it...with little success. After eating, the 5 of us went up in las colinas (the hills) to see the city at night.

So far, all in all, I have enjoyed these past four days.