Me Gusta Bailar!

So I thought today was gonna be a buzz kill. We started classes today, and I was pretty nervous. My first class was Spanish and it was from 830-945. Allison is the only person in the class with me. I guess I haven't really talked about our spanish professor. Her name is Carla and she is from San Jose. She has been teaching at UGA Costa Rica for a couple years. I am not really sure if she speaks english. I have heard her say maybe a handful of words in English. In class today, she did not speak word of english, which unfortunately for me, is great. I was forced to speak only in spanish! I was really nervous at first, but after a little while I got more confident and realized that it is alright to ask questions. Plus since it is only Allison and I in the class, we kind of have to to talk. I also think it will be good because Allison is in 2001 and I'm in 2002, so I will be doing  a little bit of review from what I learned last semester. 

After Spanish I had about an hour or so until my next class so I just grabbed my new book (Neverwhere) and did some reading on the porch. At 1120 I had my second class which was upper level anthropology. There are only three other people in my class! Sandy (the professor) really likes the class to be interactive and therefore asks us a lot of questions. After that class we had lunch and then I had another break for my next class. I read a little bit more and then took a wee nap. My last class was upper level geography. The class is called geohazards and we are going to be examining different types of natural disasters like volcanoes, hurricanes and landslides. 

After class Allison and I did my Spanish homework. Then at 530 we had a meeting about horse back riding, which starts tomorrow. Two of the 6 horses are sick, so only two students can ride per day since the other two horses have to go to the cowboy Julio and Erin. I guess I haven't mentioned Erin much either. Erin is the linguistics and Horseback riding instructor. She is a grad student at uga, and pretty close to our age. It is really nice having her on the trip with us. We are able to really bond with her and get to know her, and she basically can really tell it like it is. She also understand us pretty well and is very helpful in many situations. I will start horseback riding this thursday at 615!

So today was actually one of the hardest days down here so far. This is the first day that we really had a lot of free time, and therefore the first day we really got to think about home. We have been so distracted every other day that we haven't had much time to think about what we left behind. But our after dinner activity definitely made up for my sluggish day. We had dance lesson in the Comedor with a staff member Geovanny. I was a little hesitant at first but it turned out to be tons of fun. He taught us how to do the Meringue. I made sure to secure a partner earlier in the day because I didn't want to be left out. David was my partner, and let me tell ya, the boy can move. He was definitely the best dancer in our group, but Kate is in the running for best leader. Dancing was so much fun and we are going to have another dance session on Wednesday! I can't wait to learn some more moves!