Orfanato, Again

Viernes – 6 de Julio.

Día 22. “Orfanato, Again”

                Today was all together pretty good- seeing the little kids at the orphange always makes for a good day though! (: This morning classes were as normal, but in the afternoon we had our oral speaking exams- my presentation was about my families. After presentations we headed to music class where we all struggled quite a bit to get the words, at least we got Feliz Navidad, in July… Today on our break we celebrated my host brother’s birthday, which is actually on Sunday, but we celebrated early at school.

     







       After school we headed out to the same orphanage we went to last week. Not the really big one, but the smaller one where we actually got to get to know the kids a bit. It was fun seeing their smiling faces when they realized we were back to visit- many of them remembered us by name. Instead of bringing a piñata this time we brought a cake, they sure enjoyed that. At some point this evening I became a drawing canvas as the kids drew pictures all over my legs in Sharpie, which will be interesting to try and get off before heading to the water park in the morning. I also found out that my hair is quite mesmerizing for the little ones, and one little girl spent a good amount of time getting my hair “just perfect”. Tonight will be a pretty relaxing night as we are about to watch a movie. We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow; first heading to El Rollo, a water park, very early in the morning, and then heading to the discoteca tomorrow night!

Daily Spanish Lesson #23:

Cake- Pastel

Speech- Discurso

To Draw- Dibujar

Painting- Pintura

Día Libre

Jueves - 5 de Julio.

Día 21. “Día Libre”

                Today was not like others because this is the very first day that we have decided to do absolutely nothing after school, and just relax. On the other free days this week we have gotten home, and decided we needed to go out and do something- well today that was not the case because we all had quite a bit of homework and needed to prepare for our presentations tomorrow. Each class has a fifteen minute presentation tomorrow about a different topic relating to our trip. My class has decided to compare and contrast our American and Mexican families. It has actually been quite fun writing the speech and creating the presentation. Nothing much has happened today, but we are all looking forward to tomorrow as we are going to the Orphanage again to visit the kids we met last Friday! J

Daily Spanish Lesson #22:

American Family- Familia Americana

Mexican Family- Familia Mexicana

Free Day- Día Libre

To Relax- Relejarse

And I can't forget.. We saw Popocatatepetl on the way to school again today! Its amazing!

Feliz 4 de Julio

Miércoles - 4 de Julio.

Día 20. “Feliz 4 de Julio”

                Happy 4th of July everyone! Celebrating from Mexico was definitely not as fun as being on the lake with family and friends, but our school did throw a little party for us. After our normal morning classes we headed out to the garden, where we sang the national anthem and had hot dogs in honor of 4^th of July, and watched a student perform a Michael Jackson dance. It was quite funny I must say. After that going back to class was the last thing we wanted to do, but he headed back for normal afternoon conversation classes, which seemed to go by really fast today- and then onto making crafts. We didn’t know what we were making, but apparently we were preparing for tomorrow, so we will see! After school Mamá also made La Comida to celebrate the 4^th. She made Tacos, with blue corn tortillas, red salsa, and of course the white cream that they seem to add to everything here!

                Around 5 we headed to El Centro again for a dinner with some other students from Universidad Internacional at a restaurant called “100% Natural” it was delicious! After dinner we spent some more time walking around El Centro and Kenzie and I decided to get Henna Tattoos. My first one still isn’t gone, but I still thought it would be fun to have another. After we got home and had La Cena, I Skyped Mom and the Family in the United States so that I could watch fireworks live over the lake! It was great! But I think I have decided I have to avoid missing the 4^th of July from now on. No idea what tomorrow holds.. but until then.. Happy 4^th!

Daily Spanish Lesson #21:

Happy 4^th of July- Feliz Cuatro de Julio

Flag- Bandera

Eagle- Aguila

Daily Walk To Class.

Apologies in advance for the ridiculous music, but here is my daily walk to class. The campus of Universidad Internacional is absolutely beautiful! Take a look (: 

Parque Ecológico Chapultepec

Martes- 3 de Julio.

Día 19. “Parque Ecológico Chapultepec”

                Today was pretty fun, and we had some good adventures (: Morning classes were as normal, but in the afternoon we headed to the Ecological Park in Chapultepec, about 20 minutes away. It was basically a zoo- be so much better than the zoos in Minnesota, in some places you could actually get into the cages with the animals. In the bird cages for example and we were within touching distance of the peacocks, until the birds got mad at us. There was one that was overly protective and began to peck at our shoes, quite funny. We wanted to go on paddle boats in the river as well, but it was under construction, and for some odd reason it was empty.. We came to the conclusion that is was a fake river, us Minnesotans didn’t like that too much.

                After school we had planned to go shopping at Galerías again, but it was way too nice out to be inside so we headed to El Centro with the boys for some more shopping. We found shops and stores we hadn’t seen before and it was pretty interesting to see the things they sell here, and especially how cheap! Kenzie and I finally got the shirts we had been wanting they say “Yo <3 Cuernavaca”! Tonight has been pretty relaxing and now we are just working on our homework and final projects- Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, first time I have even been away for the family party and I am sure going to miss it. We are having a small potluck at school for us Americans, and then spending the night in El Centro. Should be a great day.

Daily Spanish Lesson #20:

Zoo- Zoológico               

Bird- Pajaro

Monkey- Mono

“Don’t Touch”- No Tocar!

Cuernavaca Plaza

Lunes – 2 de Julio.

Día 18. “Cuernavaca Plaza”

                This post will be short, mainly because we didn’t do a lot today. It was actually really nice to have another day that wasn’t jam packed, and that is what most of this week will be because we don’t have any after school excursions planned.. yet. With our free time today Kenzie and I decided to go with our sisters and Mamá to Plaza de Cuernavaca for some shopping and fun. We found the Plaza to be filled with store after store of shoes! We didn’t end up buying anything, shocker right? But we did have fun with our sisters and checked out their favorite stores. Tonight will be an early night to bed and an early morning!

Daily Spanish Lesson #19:

Ice Cream- Helado

Shoes- Zapatos

“Help Me!”- “AyudaMe!” 

MEGA

Domingo – 1 de Julio.

 Día 17. “MEGA”

                Its hard to believe my time in Mexico is already half way over and I only have exactly two weeks left in what I would call my second home now. Cuernavaca is beautiful, the people are wonderful, school is beyond what I expected, and it has definitely been a once in a lifetime experience!

                After a fun filled day yesterday we slept in quite late today, and didn’t have to be to breakfast until 11! That was heaven for Kenzie, Nihal, and I- we just wanted our sleep. French toast it was for breakfast, I’m sure I have said it before, but Mamá is a wonderful cook! Because it was Election Day here in Mexico, a lot of places were closed and everyone’s schedules were a little different and it was different for us as well as this was our very first totally free day since we arrived in Mexico. Kenzie and I had wanted to go to a store called MEGA since we got here. Before we came we were told this store would be our lifesaver while we were here, so we figured we should probably go check it out. We found it to be much like a Target or Wal-Mart, but HUGE, and I mean huge! We spent about 2 hours there, just because we were determined to walk every single isle of the store. And what did we come home with? Mango Nieva and candy- ofcourse! (:

Meet Manchita!

                When we got home Mamá let us help out in the kitchen for the first time, and we helped make handmade pizzas. They were delicious and we demanded the recipe! (: After cooking the boys came over to play some Phase 10 and now we are playing more card games with the family. All together a very relaxing, great day in Mexico!

Daily Spanish Lesson #18:

Store- Tienda

French Toast- Pan Francés

How Delcious!- Que Delicioso!

How Much Does it Cost?- Cuantos Cuestan?