Surprisingly, our 205 teacher gave us quite a bit of homework that's due tomorrow (Friday, and it's only one of two Fridays that we're going to be in class at all; the rest of the 7 weeks Friday is a class-free day!). We talked quite a bit about children's stories and rondas (rounds, or nursery rhymes like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"), so the first assignment was to ask our host families about the ronda "¿Lobo, esta ahi?". After writing briefly about that, we have to read a poem in Spanish & think about it, as well as write a one-page double-spaced rough draft about differences between the culture in our home towns and the culture in Merida. I'm going to have fun with that...
Anyways, I just realized I forgot to post pictures I took yesterday during breaks between classes, so I'll put them up now.
A public awareness poster that's posted in one of the halls at the university. This one made me laugh, just because it's saying to moderate your texting so you don't get tendonitis. I don't think there's a connection between the two unless you hold your phone as awkwardly as the person in the picture does.
Other public awareness posters in the hall. The weirdest one for me was probably the chick holding a Barbie doll, but it makes it's point well about the ridiculousness of Barbie's proportions and how unattainable they are for women.
Ryan and Laura chilling and talking with others from our group in the background.
(from left to right) Jackie, Brad, Thomas, Beto (I can´t remember his real name), Rebecca, Brooke, and Taylor, with Laurita and Aaron looking at a map in the background.
(facing the camera from left to right) Gaylee, Morgan, and Audrey
A view of the university itself from the inside courtyard
More of our group hanging out between classes
The front of the building from the inside. The university has three floors, but we´ve only needed to walk around on the bottom two for classes and buying stuff like notebooks and pencils.
Laurita and Aaron studying the bus routes and finding the ones we´ll need to get to certain places
Natalie, Laurita, and Aaron studying the map
Caitlin (apparently I spelled her name wrong before)
Now THAT is a cool looking symbol thing. It´s on the outside at the front of the main university building.
Another view of the front of the university
Me walking away from the university after classes. I would´ve gotten a better picture but we needed to head to the bus stop very quickly.
This tree we see every day while walking to and from the bus stop, and flowers from the tree can always be found on the ground getting brown spots from dirt and such. They´re gorgeous flowers.
A whole clump of billboards in the same place. Honestly, looking at how cheap the cell phones in that one ad are ($500 pesos is, like, less than $50 dollars), it´s sometimes tempting to buy a phone here. Only sometimes
Same billboards, different angle
The hospital Star Mèdica and surrounding scenery that we typically see from one of our bus stops (we take two buses to get to and from the university every day)
Me at our bus stop (I love sunglasses down here)
One part of our overall group waiting for the bus
The hospital Star Mèdica that stands out near one of our bus stops
This looks like a cool store - a Blockbuster AND a toy store in the same building! We pass it on the bus every day.
In other news, our group has exciting plans for this weekend! :) Tomorrow, on Friday after our classes, we`re going to go to the house where Rebecca and some of the other girls are staying for una fiesta (party), buy some pizza for lunch and going swimming in the pool at that house. YAY swimming! I´m so looking forward to that. On Saturday we´re going on an excursion to Dzibilchaltún, a site with anciant Mayan buildings and such, then we´re going to the beach in Progresso! :) I´m so excited for it! I NEED to make sure my battery for my camera is completely charged that day so I can document EVERYTHING!!!
Hasta la vista, ya´ll!
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