Food, Etc

Wowzie wow wow! Where to begin? This is Day Two and already I feel very comfortable here. My family is so warm and welcoming that I feel I couldn't ask for anything better. My mom is Cecilia, my dad Ernesto, my triplet hermanos: Ceci, Pollo and Enrique, my little sister Regina, and my Canadian host brother Michael. There is also a dog called Chankla and she had puppies two weeks ago! they are so cute. I need to remember to post a picture of them because I know Olivia would love them.

This morning I took the daily paper outside to read in the sunshine. I wasn't sure if I could leave the gate so maybe I will ask if I can sit outside of it tomorrow. I ate Raisin Bran for breakfast. Although yesterday I tried something new! I will talk about the food later. After breakfast I went to the Immigration Office (I think) to extend my visa. We filled out papers online and everything went fairly smoothly. The for lunch we had chips (kind of like the crunchy cheetos) and a spicy potato chip dipped in salsa (different than the salsa as we know it). I think salsa generally means "sauce" and not the stuff we only dip our nachos in. That was kind of like our appetizer. As we were eating this one of the house helpers was making the rest of the mean, which was spaghetti with more of a cheesy sauce and pork with I think a mustard sauce. Lunch is their biggest meal here. The meals are at different times too; breakfast is served around 11:00 or 12:00, dinner served at 16:00 and then on the days we eat supper it usually occurs at 23:00! I've been surprised at how not hungry I've been.... the last two nights I wasn't really hungry for any supper but I felt I should eat three meals a day! ahah so I ate fruit.

Yesterday I had cucumber with a chili powder on it, and also I tried chicken liver. It wasn't really for me. Jajajaja. When I was about to eat my watermelon tonight my host mom recommended that I put salsa polvo I think was the name, on top of it. But don't let the word "salsa" throw you off! It doesn't taste spicy at all, it's more of a lemon/lime flavour. It was really interesting! I would definetly try it again sometime. And while we are (still) on the topic of food, yesterday for lunch I also had a tortilla with avacado, lime, and green tomato sauce rolled inside of it. Again! it was really tasty! They are so creative with tortillas!

My school starts on Monday. I have three classes a day but I think I have a day one, day two schedule. I know I have Spanish as a Second Language first thing in the morning, then a recess (spare?), math, philosophy, and then something else I can't remember. I was told half of my classes would be in Spanish and half in English. I think I can switch classes within the first week, and for semester two all of my classes will be in Spanish. My school starts at 8:30 and ends at 13:00 but they really encourage us to particiapte in the after school activities. There are a few different types of dance offered, guitar lessons, singing, theatre, photography, and several more. I know I'm for sure doing guitar! but I don't know what else.

Anyways I'd better go to sleep. I'm sharing a room with my two sisters and I think we're heading in for the night.

I need to remember to tell you about the dessert I had for my first lunch (remember: milk) and also my first breakfast (remember: tortillas).