so today was a great day with a bit of a hiccup. we had our spanish class in Antigua today to practice going to the grocery store and market. it was fun and i finally got to pick up a few things i've been in dyer need of. i'm not actually going to share those because a couple things are sorta gross. haha, imagination!
we stopped by a PACA (used clothing store filled with hollister and american eagle stuff that the U.S. sends down) and wandered around the artisans market where we got to try out bargaining for the first time. really entertaining to watch the sellers run after you and beg to make a deal. actually got some really awesome low prices, but i am saving all my money for tomorrow. i could use a drink or.... 10 on my first free day off here. heyoooo.
anyways, so we got on our bus to head back to San Antonio and finish up class at my casa. well, the bus driver floored it down one of the streets heading out of Antigua and plastered some guy on a bike. we had no idea what was up at first because he slammed on his breaks and tossed it into reverse really quick. everyone immediately jumped up and ran towards to the front of the bus to see what was up but our spanish teacher thought it was better to chill where we were at for the time being. after a few minutes she walked up front and talked to a few people. about that time the ambulance was just pulling up; she let us know the dude was still alive and that we should probably go find another bus to take back home. definitely a souring event and even more so as we're taking the the "fastest" driving buses out of Antigua tomorrow to visit Santa Luisa Cuidad Nueva (the buses that goto Chimaltenango have a reputation of driving fast and stopping for very short periods of time, awesome...)
spanish is coming along good, got a good review from my teacher on wednesday and another good review from my tech trainer today. so no worries. preparing for my first spanish presentation tomorrow morning (afternoon off in Antigua for drinks with friends) and then i have a charla (formal presentation) at the municipality in about a week and a half, then we start our school project where we'll be doing some environmental education with a few teachers in one of the schools here. so things are starting to really pick up and the days are finally feeling like days instead of months. hurray.
loving it here in Guate, can't wait to rap up this training and get out to my site to really start working. looks like they're going to be aiming to put me at a birding site. should be awesome, word on the street is there's some birds here that need naming. i think i could take care of that ;-)
miss everyone dearly, keep me update with your lives too!
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