Vote for (San) Pedro.

¡Hola!

This past week in San Pedro has been a good one for me. I've managed to have a conversation in (admittedly halting) Spanish. I can't say that I've been discussing the finer points of Guatemalan literature, but I can certainly understand a lot more now and hopefully respond with something not entirely incorrect. My biggest problem is digging up French verbs and using them in Spanish. This is not always entirely unsuccessful, but there are usually small differences which make a big difference in meaning. C'est la vida.

Anyway, my teacher is called Délia and we've been getting on pretty well so far. I have pages and pages of vocab to learn, but I think I'm getting the hang of the grammar rules. So far we're still in the present tense for the most part, but that's hard enough! Anyway, hopefully if I can grasp some more vocab and practice more I'll be able to figure out what the hell everyone's saying :-)

This weekend we joined a group of fellow students from the school for another spot of zip-lining. This time the zip lines were positioned over a huge canyon! Despite only having two lines it was a great experience because the views were so spectacular! On the second line we got to go upside down if we wanted (in a superman-style position) and despite forgetting our camera (doh!) we did manage to get some pictures off another student's camera. These will be posted as soon as I can figure out how to get our wee laptop connected to the net.

Next week we'll be studying in the afternoon instead of the mornings which means no more 6:30am alarms thanks very much! Hopefully it'll mean we can sleep a little later and wake up more refreshed.

Finally, great news from Macclesfield Town - a nervy 1-0 win at Chesterfield means that there will be League 2 football at the Moss Rose next season! Come on you Silkmen!

More soon!