Spanish is breaking my balls.

I can't believe I've only been here for almost 72 hours. I feel like I've already seen, done, and learned so much in such a ridiculous short time period. Quetzaltenango, or Xela, is fairly nice. Even though it's the 2nd largest city in guatemala, it provides an interesting sensation of being in a smaller town simply because everything is so bunched together and makes it impossible to see beyond a few blocks in front of you. I also like how at this point I can get to almost anywhere by foot, rather than by bus. With regards to the weather, it is uncomfortably similar to Seattle - everyday here has had it´s equal alternating share of clear blue skies and remarkably intermitent and wild rain showers. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that we´re up 7,000 feet up in the mountains. The people are also less threatening than they were hyped up to be but then again i am ridiculously ripped so maybe they´re more scared of me than I am of them. the black/white tank tops i brought may or may not be factoring into this equation. however, i don´t exactly speak spanish right now to determine conclusively, so who really knows. quien es saber!

Additionally, after a long and arduous process on sunday I finally decided which spanish school to attend for the following weeks. And by long and ardous process I really mean I spent about 5 minutes checking out the secretaries of various schools and chose the one that had the hottest, er, smartest girls.

I´m kidding, btw. Kind of.

Another interesting note is that I´ve so many austrialians here, and maybe just 2 americans in comparison. what the f, mate? I never would have guessed that central america was such an aussie hotspot; they´re all pretty much doing the same crazy expedition from mexico to south america. they´ve all proven to be fairly friendly of course, and allegedly we´re going out for a night on the town, tonight. we´ll see if that happens. regardless, after class tomorrow we´re taking a 2 hr bike ride up the hills to a hot springs area as part of our weekly school activities, so I´m pretty stoked. I am definitely ok with getting my relax on. Not to mention this weekend is apparently La Feria de Guatemala, or the guatemalan independence day, so there´s even more incentive to be pumped about my time in this country. fuck yea.

anyways, I think i´m going to be late for dinner with my host family so I need to peace out, kids. nos vamos mas tardes.

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

I made it.