I'm Back!

The past four or so days have been pretty crazy! This weekend my roommates and I got to go out with our host family and we got to go out as a group on Saturday. On Saturday we went to the zoo here in Guatemala City it was a really neat zoo. It was very lush and tropical. We also got to go to a market that was near the zoo. Our professors wanted to take us to in the market to help prepare us for this weekend when we will be traveling to the city of Antigua which is about an hour oustide of Guatemala City. It is suppose to be a very beautiful and historic city and is famous for it's open market. We got to see what vendors will sell and get an idea of prices. We are also encouraged to barter with the shop owners which is difficult because it is something that I have never done before:-S

 After our long day out and around the city we got to spend a lot of Sunday with our family. Sunday afternoon we went to our host families cousin's house to celebrate a family members birthday. It was really fun to experience the family dynamics in another culture. There were probably 20+ family members there. The kids were running around playing while the adults were talking and laughing . They were all so welcoming and warm to us, it was a cool experience.

School has been going well so far this week. Today we were given a teaching schedule from our homeroom teacher that outlines what they would like us to cover. Since we are here for 3 weeks and teaching a good majority of the day they would like us to cover some of the content that the students are required to know. This actually makes our job a little bit easier because we know exactly what needs to be taught each day, we just have to come up with activities for the students.

Guatemala City Zoo entrance

Main walkway in the zoo

My roomies in the zoo...it was so beautiful! 

Pollo Campero, Guatemala's KFC

The door to my classroom

The windows of my classroom

The second floor hallway in the school

The view from the teacher workroom

This picture was taken out of window on the bus on the way to the zoo. This truck was literally inches away from us. Traffic is so scary!!

(Left to right) Elvia, Stephanie, Colby, Olivia, Amanda, Sydney and Me! Stephanie, Colby and Olivia's host family is related to mine, Elvia and Amanda's family so we do lots of things with them:-)