So I’m playing catch up on the last 2 weeks. I covered week one, finally! And now, I’m on to week 2 =D

After the crazy busy weekend of clibing a mountain =p all I wanted was to relax the next day. I slept late, and it felt glorious. But there was a problem-the time finally changed here =p We ‘sprang forward’ and the whole day I was lost. I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out what time it really was. I went to a huge market with a friend and we walked sooooo much. We were going to meet at noon to go, buttttttt, the time changed. So she was ready by eleven, which really was noon, and I was late because I thought she meant the real noon. It was a confusing time. But we walked around this open air market and there were so many things to buy! Clothes, shoes, make up, meat, fruit, veggies, bascially anything that you would ever need. That was fun. There were so many people.

But honestly the day dragged on for what seemed like forever because none of my clocks were right, and my internal clock was wrong too. The bright side, I was able to meet the kids of my host parents that night! They have a son and a daughter, both in their 30s and married. But the daughter just had their first grand baby. So everyone is excited all the time when she comes over. And rightly so. She is adorable!

But because of the time change, I got to bed late, and none of my clocks were right, so I was actually late waking up and wlaking to school. But luckily I arrived on time =) not a good way to start week 2, but things could have been worse. Week 2 was met with a lot more understanding of the language, but a lot more confusion at the same time. We had a lot of homework in our classes, but most of the work is done at home with our families. That’s really where I’m learning the most Spanish. They are helpful, and they correct me when I’m wrong. Which is a lot! hahaha but that’s ok. That comes with the territory of learning a new language. I’m ok with being wrong. Because I know that I don’t know the language. =p

We had an adventure around the city for one of our classes during the week. Each of us had to learning about a ceratin location in the city, lead the group to it, and talk about it for about 5 minutes. Yikes. Our first prezzie in just the second week. It went well. We got to see lots of the city. It’s really beautiful.

part of the city of Queretaro

I love everything about it here, and I think that’s because it’s so different. Yes, there are parts of Mexico that are dangerous, but wehre I am, I feel fine. I see a lot of homeless and poor people everyday. And that really makes me feel sad inside. Because I know that I can’t help them right now.

people on the streets selling things

There are always people on the side of the streets selling things. Things that they made, things that they are trying to resell, or sometimes things that are stolen are also being sold. I wish I could give money to all of these people down here, because they really need it. The dollar is a lot strong than the peso, and everything is priced at at least half price. which is crazy when I think about it. But to these people, they are barely getting by. It’s just really eye opening to how other parts of the world are. I’ve seen poverty before. This isn’t what is surprising to me. It’s surprising to me that no one does anything about it. Mexico shares a boarder with the US, but we do nothing here. It just really makes me want to talk action. People have always been my passion. It makes me really sad to see them suffer.

the busy, beautiful city

I’ve walked all over the city center and near my neighborhood multiple times with a couple people. It’s great. There are so many new things. I love it here. The city is huge, and there are people. It’s great. I can’t believe that I’m in the middle of week 3 right now, ironic as I’m supposed to be writing about week 2, =p but the time is both flying by and feeling like it’s been 3 months. It’s crazy here. But I really like it. This upcoming week has a lot to offer me! It’s a secret what’s going on this weekend, but I’ll update soon!