I have been studying Spanish now for over a decade. Computer programs, books in Spanish, even a Spanish Harry Potter book on CD – they are not enough. A few years ago I went to Antigua , Guatemala to immerse myself in Spanish. That did help a lot. In two weeks I made marked progress. So I needed to return. Antigua is an hour's drive from the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City and is the old capital of Guatemala. My first trip to Antigua was spent with local teachers (Maestros) in a Spanish immersion school, called La Union . It was very good, but still only sitting at a desk, with my morning teacher, or walking around the same city over and over again, with my afternoon teacher. This time I wanted to travel around Guatemala and learn along the way. I contacted some friends I had met in Antigua , but unfortunately, everyone has work or school (no surprise). So, I am returning to Guatemala to learn, but will stay mostly in Antigua , again. My teacher will be Maria in the morning and I will study at the school in the afternoon. If possible, I may or may not travel on the weekends. The school sponsors all inclusive weekend trips, but they are expensive (compared to Guatemalan prices), though easy. OK - HUGE NOTE: I have been struggling to get good Internet and time to work on the Internet. I seem to be finding time to record events in a Word Document, but not choose pictures. It also seems that uploading pictures will be very hard. In Europe the Internet was on the ship, but here I have to go to it. And finding good Internet is becoming a major quest of this trip, anyway. So, this trip blog may be more text than pictorial. Sorry. |