Culture Shock!

My host mother woke me up saying "Buenas Días". She gave each of us a cracker for breakfast. Glad she thinks that will fill me up after our almost non-existent slice of spice cake for dinner the night before. Lunch isn't served around here until 2:00. So I'm not so sure why they like to starve the first half of the day? Beats me. I paid about 3 bucks for a cup of coffee at the universidad because Pilar only drinks decaf. Is caffeine against Morman belief?

So we had orientation at the Universidad. We ate lunch with our Auburn people and that was really fun. Sara and I met some people from Arizona that are pretty sweeeet. Also, we took a placement test for our clases and the highest score was a 77%. Maybe none of us really know Spanish? This semester should bring in some great grades. I know I sound like I'm complaining a lot but this is all part of adjusting right? My spanish is already improving so much. I'm learning all sorts of vocabulary. We never know what kind of meat we're eating-- it's really fun to wait and look it up after the meal. 

While wandering the streets we met two Italian girls asking us for directions. Little do they know, we are always lost. We would speak to them in Spanish and they would respond in Italian. It worked for a couple minutes until a gypsy jabbed us in the arm with a piece of Christmas tree. We were advised that gypsy's are thieves! All of the cute cafes were closed for the "siesta", but you can always count on McDonalds for a good cup of Joe!

We were lucky to get in the neighborhood gate since our Madre Pilar borrowed our keys today. Tonight we actually had vegetables on our plate, que raro! After dinner we thought we should spend a little quality time with Pilar so we went to Carrefour (Spanish version of Wal Mart) to buy food for the Huskies. Life here in Pilar's household is centered around the perros.

To sum up the day:

-I hope Pilar doesn't understand English. If so we are in trouble.

-The food fascinates me.

-I love all of the Auburn people here to death.

-The Huskies are better nourished than us.