oy vey!
well, day three is progressing semi-well. but man, i get really overwhelmed with the words and not understanding the purpose of certain words in sentences. i just don't get why there needs to be a "que" in the middle of a sentence!
dinner last night was something like tomato soup, but tasted better since i don't like tomatoes. it had the red peppers in it again. i picked around most of them. and hard bread. that was it. earlier i bought a 20 oz bottle of coke and a vanilla wafer thing for 6 queztales. that's less than 1 u.s. dollar. pretty cool how cheap stuff is.
dinner with the chicos was more talkative. i decided to try not to feel guilty about speaking in english and just ask questions anyway. so we talked. it was nice. the brit, Mike, is gone now. Adolfo spoke to the chicos outside my window and asked them to move so i could sleep. made it a lot easier.
breakfast today was cereal with milk that i had to mix up myself from powder. and an apple. mansana. Patrick (swiss) and i walked together to school and he dropped off his laundry and explained it all to me. Marcie, it's just like you said! his 5.5 pounds will cost him about 27 queztales. that's about 4 dollars. and they wash, dry, and fold it all for you and it's done by lunchtime. wow!
today Lesbia and i went over the question words we defined yesterday via conversation. we were actually talking to each other, but a lot was in english. i learned about Christmas here. and that she doesn't cook, but doesn't eat in restaurants either. weird! :-)
yesterday's walking caused a blister on my ankle. i walked about 35 blocks yesterday. if 8 blocks is nearly 1 mile, i walked about 4 miles!!! wow. yes, that was me processing "outloud". i'm glad you got to join me. :-)
break is nearly over, so i better go. i will post more this afternoon with pictures! hasta luego! :-)
6 comments:
Yay laundry service in Antigua! I loved that!! It sounds like Patrick is a cool guy - I'm so glad he is explaining things like, laundry etc...So with all this walking you are doing, are you ready to tackle one of the volcanos? ;o) I can't wait to see pictures!!! Animo! - Marcie
hiya chicklett,
with the lack of calories from food and from all that walking, you'll be wafer thin and we won't be able to see you sideways. i joined you in walking today - but couldn't keep up with you - could only do 1.5 miles...LOL
lots of prayers of with you. hope your dad is ok.
love & hugs
suzanne & amanda
Hi Jenny, great to read about your experiences. I'm just getting back from SAfrica and London and I'm having the opposite experience with pricing. Everything is at least twice as expensive over here. A 10 oz/500ml bottle of coke is about $4.00 ahhhhhhhh.
Have a great time
blessings
David
Sounds like your spirit is doing better today. (It had to be the Coke.) You know how I feel about soda. Enough said. BTW eat your red peppers--they help prevent blisters, don't cha know?! You "think" it's from walking 4 miles, but...
Your riddle puzzles me... How does one eat, yet does not cook or eat out? Your teacher is either a robot, who needs only oil; OR she is tube-fed. Am i right? Let me know!
Sorry to hear about your blister. Slow down on that "not eating" yet walking forever. You are already skinny enough!
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