Just another quick update to inform that I'm back from the Mountain School and glad to be in Xela again. I love the mountain, but it is a bit difficult, especially in the rain. (And there was an awful lot of rain.) Because so much of the surrounding area is privately-owned land, it is difficult to go out and about, given the proclivity of some folks to hire armed guards (much like the McDonald's here in Xela). BUT - I finally got some photos uploaded from my camera, courtesy of Lauren's cable, so here we go - an attempt at putting photos on the blog.
[Alas, no luck this time. But I can just send you toward my newly uploaded picasa collection: http://picasaweb.google.com/foggytechtor/Guatemala2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuGruPf5O_PLQ# ] Enjoy!
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Up, up, and away
Slowly but surely, I'm checking off the last handful of 'to-dos' before leaving. This time tomorrow, I will be about to board the plane to Guatemala. This time Saturday -- barring volcanoes, mudslides, or sinkholes -- I will be in Xela, about to set off on four weeks of brain-pulverizing immersion Spanish. I can't wait to be there. I can wait to be not-here, though. I haven't quite figured out the latter part, though. It's not as real as the fact that I'll soon be back in Xela at El Cuartito or La Luna and studying at PLQ.
In truth, I still have quite a bit of packing left to do. I wish I had finished earlier, in order to have a chance to just be in the city. But not getting that in will simply make it more sweet when I come back next year. Stress notwithstanding, this last week has been delightful. If the weather in El Salvador is this nice even 20% of the time, I will be a deliriously happy Minnesotan. (And Salvadorans will wonder exactly what they did to deserve the frigid temperatures. This country and I are definitely a weather mis-match.)
In any case, I am almost off. I should be pretty well connected, though that certainly remains to be seen for sure. Keep me posted on how things are in Minneapolis (or wherever you are reading from). I'll do my best to do the same here.
In truth, I still have quite a bit of packing left to do. I wish I had finished earlier, in order to have a chance to just be in the city. But not getting that in will simply make it more sweet when I come back next year. Stress notwithstanding, this last week has been delightful. If the weather in El Salvador is this nice even 20% of the time, I will be a deliriously happy Minnesotan. (And Salvadorans will wonder exactly what they did to deserve the frigid temperatures. This country and I are definitely a weather mis-match.)
In any case, I am almost off. I should be pretty well connected, though that certainly remains to be seen for sure. Keep me posted on how things are in Minneapolis (or wherever you are reading from). I'll do my best to do the same here.
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