Moving In

Today my orientation continued. For breakfast, we all got on a bus and drove to a nature reserve called Las Palomas.The reserve also has a conference ...house?... and a big kitchen/dining area. It was cool because the people that worked there also cooked us a traditional breakfast (of chilaquiles and scrambled eggs with hotdog chunks) and then after "orientation" was over, we had an amazing lunch. The best thing they had was chopped up chiles with cream and corn kernels. Yum. They also had chiles rellenos (which I didn't like... in fact, most of the Americans didn't like them, which stumped the Mexicans) and chicken with mole (Yum) and quesadillas, rice and potatoes.

Afterwards, we came back to the hotel. I walked down to the internet cafe with some other students, and then came back for dinner, which I ate with my host mom and another host family. The dinner was fairly awkward, but at least we got to know each other. Afterwards, I heaved my duffle bag into the car and moved into my new home.

My host mom is really nice, her name is Maru and she's quite an older woman. She has 7 children (who are all adults) and 16 grandchildren! There is also a couple who are Norwegian that are staying here to study abroad as well. The house is large and rather old, but at least I have a well equipped room with plenty of space. My only complaint is that there isn't a mirror in the bathroom! Oh, and there isn't wireless internet. But they do have a fairly nice computer in a tiny guest house/office off of the patio. Maru's husband seems quite knowledgeable about computers. He used to be a mining engineer and he has tons of computer magazines laying around. He also can speak a fair amount of English.