guanajuato day 1

7.21.06

well this is all too cool being able to upload pix just taken under the haze of not enough sleep or coffee. am avoiding caps because the keyboards here are weird and too hard to navigate quickly.

have met my host family who are lovely and include, hanah listen up, a 7 year old girl whose birthday is only 10 days away from yours! she can´t wait to see you next saturday. her name is fernanda and she knows a few words of english. the house is filled with the comings and goings of american students from all over and i met a few over lunch of sopa de taquitos and torta de platano. muy good.

have been walking around to get my bearings and it is all so pretty, the beautiful ochre colored homes, the flower pots on iron balustraded windows, old world lamposts everywhere. beware, though the coble stone streets which will turn a foot at any corner or change of levels. the school is about 30 minutes away past some nice playgrounds and so many shops, it reminds me of nyc with storefronts on the ground floor of residences. i´m just listening to a lot of spanish, trying to speak to whomever i can and suss out the internet cafe. won´t spend too much time here, but it´s nice to be able to share in the minute and keep in touch via email as well.