Today I started language classes at la Escuela Mexicana. ¡Estan muy divertido pero tambien dificil! I am finding that I understand much of what is said, (the classes are taught solely in Spanish and most teachers -- I have 3 different teachers for my 4 classes -- will not speak any English so that you are forced to really concentrate and learn) but at the end I am soooooo tired. I have always respected and marvelled at my students who speak 2 languages, but with more experiences of my own I understand even better the tenacity they have to soak up a different way of organizing and structuring language. I think if I could stay here about 6 months I would be much, much better. But for now, two weeks will have to do. And I'm meeting many new friends from around the globe.
This evening we were going to take a tour of the city, but it is raining cats and dogs so we have postponed the tour until tomorrow. It´s probably best because I really need to practice and do homework. Hasta manana...
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It looks beautiful there! I'm jealous that you will come back speaking Spanish. I can't remember how to conjugate verbs in any tense other than the present tense. So in Spanish I can only do things right now...not tomorrow, and not yesterday. Maybe I can work on it while I'm in Spain...
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