up until last night i hadn´t seen much of the city except for my neighborhood, the bus ride between my house and CIMAS, plaza de las americas (near CIMAS) and a supermercado. yesterday my host dad showed up and surprised the family because he hadn´t been able to come home last weekend. he is really nice but talks really low and fast so i had a lot of trouble understanding him. my mom doesn´t drive even though they have a car bc the streets here are very narrow and the drivers and buses are crazy. but after dinner my dad offered to take the family for a drive to show me around the city. we drove through the centro historico where there are tons of old churches that are amazing, passed many parks, drove through mariscal aka. gringolandia where all the nightlife is...it feels good to have more of an idea of where things are.
today my spanish group didnt have class bc our teacher works at another school and had conferences so we decided to all explore mariscal together this afternoon. we walked through the touristy art market and i saw more tourists than i have my whole time here. now i am in an internet cafe waiting for some friends that had class this afternoon to meet me in mariscal to explore a little more. im feeling more independent and confident in my ability to get around on buses. the first week my mom went with me to school and picked me up every afternoon but this week i have been going on my own on the buses. sometimes they get super crowded and are a little intimidating but so far so good.
hasta luego!
:) ami
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