Day 4

Day 4

Well, I have officially completed my first day of classes at UAG...and I am basically expecting my GPA to take a hit :) The classes are going to be very very challenging, but will really push me in my abilities to use the language. I am enrolled in:

*Latin American Civilization
*Advanced Spanish Composition
*Advanced Spanish-Conversational

All my classes are conducted in Spanish with professors who don't speak English. It will be interesting!

I live about 10-15 minutes away from school with a widow "Senora" and a Mexican student "Betti". They are both super super nice and have already helped me a lot with my Spanish. Senora won't let me do any work around the house. If I try to wash the dishes she tells me (in Spanish) "No, you did not come here to work you came here to study." And oh my goodness, the food is amazing! I am totally spoiled. I think every single meal that I have had so far...breakfast, lunch and dinner have all had beans in some form :) I have a room to myself with a walk in closet and I share a balcony with Betti.

Some facts about Guadalajara:
-They use the metric system
-They use military time
-If you are a girl and not whistled at while walking down the street...you should be worried.
-The driving is crazy!!! I thought LA was bad.
-Pedestrians have no right-away.
-People smoke everywhere and anywhere.
-Soccer is everywhere and anywhere-Josh you would love it.


...more to come!

Kaitlyn

PS: One of the most akward moments of my life: on our tour of the university we walked through the cafeteria and literally about 50 guys stood up, clapped, whistled, cat-called for our group of 9 girls.