After about 30 hours of travel I finally arrived at the college. It is a quaint campus with some greenery but what is worth mentioning is the immense pigeon population. The 800+ birds are only kept in check by the dogs. This has been the first time I have seen dogs hunt pigeons. The first week here we didn't have any classes, just a few welcome meetings so we had time on our hands.
The town is incredibly small, but bigger than College Place. During that first week we explored around a little and found two internet cafes and a couple supermarkets. We also discovered a brand of juice called Baggio that will melt your taste buds off. They have all of the standard flavors plus my personal favorite, pear, or pera in spanish. On the carton it says "pear nectar" and it truly is. Upon further inspection, I discovered that it is about half juice half suger so I have limited my intake but it is still one of the best juices I have ever had. It has been pretty warm during the day (65-80 F) and just a little chilly at night (50-60). Its suppose to be winter but I'm not convinced. They said it gets pretty hot and humid in the summer too.
I have two roommates, both of whom don't speak English. Our conversations have been limited, not by time but by words. A few nights ago, we spent around 15 min explaining one phrase. They are pretty cool though. Jamie is from Colombia and Juan is from Chile. We get along just fine except when we have to talk to eachother, then its chaos. My spanish has been improving so its getting easier to communicate with them.
The food is definately cafeteria food. Every now and then we get something special, and every now and then we get garbage. I quickly found out that the school doesn't use water softeners in the tap so getting a drink took some getting use to. Overall, I really like it here. The people are really friendly helpful. If you have any questions about anything specific, let me know.
Jim Gearing
jamesrgearing@yahoo.com
P.S. I will be posting ever couple weeks so feel free to check in on me.
1 comment:
woo that sounds awesome you seen to really be enjoying your self, so i am guessing you speack better spanish then when we both had spanish 3 class at rio. soon i'll talk to u only in spanish ok, well keep it up, and hope your rommates understand the differences between lenguages. i had fun reading your blog .well ttyl keep up the good work
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