2nd Weekend in Hondu

Well it hasn´t even been a week since I posted last but it seems like a lot longer than that. I´m sitting in the same internet cafe as last week and am trying to do as much as possible in my limited time here. I am typing this on the fly whereas last time I had typed everything up and put it on my USB the night before. Anyway, days have been very busy with Spanish classes in the morning. After our first language interview I was placed at the Intermediate-Mid level, which is the minimum level needed to be sworn in after the 3 months of training. Obviously, though, I am hoping to advance a few levels in that time. Afternoons have been filled with technical (business in my case) and cultural sessions led by various members of the training staff. Besides my project, which is Business, there is also a Health-HIV/AIDS team as well as Water and Sanitation. Our training days end at 4:30 after which I get a ride home and enjoy a meal prepared by my host mother (I am still enjoying the food by the way). French toast with honey was a recent standout for breakfast. I am also becoming a fan of advocatos. After dinner I try to spend a bit of time talking with my host family. After that I usually get in some reading and/or studying as well. Each day leaves me pretty tired and I tend to go to bed around 9.

There´s plenty more I could type but it´s not coming to mind. If you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments and I will try and answer them next time. Or you can send me an email at dabart85@yahoo.com.

I am going to link to a fellow trainee´s blog where she has a ton of great information about sending a package down here (I know you´ve been wanting to). Books would be a great thing to get because because I´ve been going through the ones I´ve bought pretty fast. I was going to post a list of stuff I want to read but forgot to put it on my USB so you will have to just send me something you´d think I´d like, or wait til my next post where I will try and list some. It´d be a great surprise to get anything though! Here is the link (obviously you would put my name in place of Theresa´s).

¡Hasta luego a todos!