So I’ve been here for a week now and it seems like it’s been a lot longer than that. I think that it feels so long because a lot has happened in the past week with orientation, starting classes, meeting my family, trying to learn my way around a new city and not to mention adapting to a different culture and language. It really has been an information overload for the first part. I have made it through without a lot of problems…I have been really tired every day which is kind of annoying because I need all the energy I can get so I can understand what people are saying to me. It is really taxing for me to speak and listen to a foreign language at all times because I have to constantly focus on what is being said and how I can say what I want to (but I’m sure because of it I will be remarkably better at Spanish when I return). This is not a complaint by any means but more of an explanation of why I’m so tired all the time. That being said I have been taking advantage of the “siesta” time in the afternoons the past couple days, it is a tradition that I think should be adopted in the US; really helps give you a boost for the rest of the day.
As I have previously said, all is well…I really like my family, the program seems to be pretty accommodating and I am doing pretty well at adapting to the culture. The food here is really good (I think that’s because my mom is a good cook). Everyone I’ve met so far that is a native seems to be really nice but that list pretty much includes my family a few of their friends and professors. The students in my group/program are all college students from the US and I am getting along with all of them well too. My only worries at this point are if I’ll have enough time and money to travel to all the places I would like and if I can understand my professors well enough to pull off good notas in mis clases.
Well that’s pretty much everything up till now so hope everyone is doing well back in the states and Ill probably post something again soon once I have a new adventure. Adios.
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