Monday, May 23, 2016

Day 3. Blog #1

Hola familias! We have been having technical difficulties the past few days so we apologize for the delay with the blog but we should be good from here on out. Expect future blogs to be posted in the mornings when we have access to wifi!

On Day 1: we arrived at airport and were greeted by Rolando, Fidel, and Gloria! It was chaotic but we figured it out and started on our journey to Antigua! We stayed at Hotel Posado San Vicente! It was very beautiful. We explored Antigua and had dinner with our telecollaborative partners. They were very interested in showing us around Antigua so we were able to go in a huge group and explore the city with them for a while! It was a lot of fun to see them!

On  Day 2: We woke up very early for our 3 hour drive to Xela! We saw lots of wonderful and sad things on our drive! When we arrived in Xela we went to the house of a Shamon (also an anthropology professor at the college) to participate in a Mayan Ceremony. We all thought it was very peaceful and beautiful. It involved different colored candles and incense to pray for our families and safe travels! We were happy to be able to share that moment with one another and the Shamon. For lunch we are at a restaurant in Xela! Had absolutely delicious pineapple juice!! Then we went to the school to meet up with our families! They were excited to meet us and we took off right away with them to stay the night. A lot of people were nervous and stressed because we don't know much Spanish but we managed as best we could and hopefully it will get easier! Overall, all was well and we look forward to the adventures of today!

Blog as soon as we can!

Coming to you from Brianna and Olivia :)
AdiĆ³s!!!

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