I meant to tell you guys about the beach... Over Carnaval (Carnival, like Mardi Gras...) I went to a beach in north Ecuador called Las Peñas with Luis and his whole family. The beach was not the very best, but the trip was a lot of fun. Even Uno got to go!
Part of the Carnaval tradition is to throw water on each other. Ecuadorian kids love to wait by the road for unsuspecting carloads of people... like us when we were sleeping... besides the driver of course... quite peacefully, until some kids were able to aim a bucket of water through the open window right at our faces. They got me, Luis and his sister Cindy. and Uno.
In other exciting news, we went out dancing and I got stung by jellyfish. Apparently getting stung by jellyfish is pretty common here, and although it hurt at the time it wasn´t so dramatic. However, to make it sound dramatic... I got stung three times. Once on the finger, and twice on my legs.
But it really was tons of fun! I swear. Hahah.
We went swimming of course, we went dancing, and we ate some amazing seafood.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I´m finally updating!
Sorry for being out so long... I´m not sure anyone even checks this anymore!
I´ve been back in Ecuador less than two weeks now and it´s going pretty well here...
My classes are nice - the students are great, but the book is lame. So we make our own fun and still try to prepare for the exams. I´m teaching three two-hour classes this time instead of just two.
-Sidenote: Each round of classes only lasts 8 weeks so I have completely new classes, as if I were starting a new school year-
My apartment is pretty cute and in a convenient area. My roommate is sweet as well, so that´s going pretty well...
Uno is with me! The Ecuadorians want to know why she´s a girl and called Uno instead of Una and they don´t appreciate the joke that she lost her eye running with scissors. Sarcasm and dry humor hasn´t quite caught on this far south yet.
I´m definitely coming home by June. One of my good, dear friends is getting married in June! So I´ll be there.
More updates later, if I bother getting on the internet!
I´ve been back in Ecuador less than two weeks now and it´s going pretty well here...
My classes are nice - the students are great, but the book is lame. So we make our own fun and still try to prepare for the exams. I´m teaching three two-hour classes this time instead of just two.
-Sidenote: Each round of classes only lasts 8 weeks so I have completely new classes, as if I were starting a new school year-
My apartment is pretty cute and in a convenient area. My roommate is sweet as well, so that´s going pretty well...
Uno is with me! The Ecuadorians want to know why she´s a girl and called Uno instead of Una and they don´t appreciate the joke that she lost her eye running with scissors. Sarcasm and dry humor hasn´t quite caught on this far south yet.
I´m definitely coming home by June. One of my good, dear friends is getting married in June! So I´ll be there.
More updates later, if I bother getting on the internet!
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