6/27: First Day of Classes

Wow, I'm so sorry for how long my last post was! If you managed to read through all of it, great for you! If not, I honestly don't blame you. I just get so excited talking about stuff and going into detail that I just go on and on about it.

Although, before I start talking about classes, there is one major detail I forgot to talk about: hammocks. Yes, you heard me right. After looking at Alannah's blog I remembered that hammocks are a key part of our excursion. See, Merida is THE best place to get hammocks, since Merida is famous for the high quality of the ones they make by hand with sisal, cotton, and other materials, so naturally many of us here are planning on buying hammocks sometime during our trip. A few girls actually bought some today from a couple walking street sellers in el centro. That actually surprised me considering how little we really know about good quality hammocks and at least I want to get one that'll last me for a long time. According to Alannah, the hammocks they got are a great quality, so kudos to them for already getting them! And lucky them for being able to sleep in awesome hammocks... They sound really nice for the weather down here.

Classes today felt sooooooooooo long. Then again, that probably just was because we had three classes today, and the rest of our school week (Monday-Thursday) we'll only have two classes in a day. Each class is also two hours long, and since only one of the three classes gave us a short break during it and the other 5-10 min breaks we had were between classes... it wasn't very fun. I was super tired, too; we have to wake up at 5 am in order to eat breakfast and catch the bus to get to class by 7 am. I do like my professor for 205; she's very clear in what she says. My professor for 211 (Conversations) is very likable, too, and I'm glad for her class we don't have much in the way of testing. The class us 200-level students are auditing, Spanish 395R (Yucatecan Culture), is very interesting, even if I feel like THAT professor talks on and on too much.

After classes, today my roommate Natalie and I didn't do much besides rest in our rooms; we were exhausted. I did take video of the place I'm staying, too, but I'll put that up later once I find my camera.

Hasta la vista, ya'll!