fly, fly away

figures... i decided to check the flights again today to see what the prices were. and of course they've gone up. probably cuz of the London fiasco. the last time i checked a flight from Colorado Springs to Guatemala City was $416, today it's $495 and that's from stinkin' Denver. then i learned that the site i was thinking was the cheapest around (CheapOAir) is actually not so cheap cuz they rack up the taxes. so the $495 flight today actually would cost over $600! so i checked around and found an AA flight for $470, total. amazing. that was on Kayak, by the way.

ANYWAYS... (i want to buy it so bad! just get it and commit myself already!)

Nancy, from my office, came down a bit ago and talked to me in Spanish. it was cool. i actually recognized some words and responded a couple of times. then she lost me. :-) her husband, Gary, tried to talk to me the other day when i was asking a bunch of questions, but i can't even understand his English, let alone Spanish!

she said to stick with one particular place. and gave me the name of the school that our missionaries use there in Antigua (Christian Spanish Academy). i checked out their website and they charge $220 per week for school and homestay, but it doesn't look like there are any student activities included like all the other schools. plus, it looks like most of my money would go to pay for their very cool, flash-oriented website and the teacher uniforms! i'm not so sure about that one when i can get a much more "fun" sounding education at a different school for much less.

oh yeah, the "one place" theory. so that throws out my ideas of going to three different places. which is probably best. don't need to throw adjustments of two new places and people and such like that into the mix when it's not necessary. one is more than enough!