VACATIONS!
VACATIONS, Well, once again I am pretty shocked at how little I have blogged. There is so much I want to blog about and yet somehow it doesn't happen. I am actually beginning to turn my sights to coming home - and I am very excited to do so. But I want to catch up on my blog/journal before I return. I teach in 8 week cycles and will teach a total of 4 cycles. Next week I will end my third cycle and I will begin my fourth and last cycle June 5. In between cycles we have at least a week off. Time off is hard for me - weekends alone are a struggle, as I spend way too much time alone so having several weeks alone poses a challenge. Popular vacations for expats/ tourists are the Galapagos, the Amazon, and other beach places. As I only travel alone here I pick places and activities that I think I will enjoy alone AND that I think I can handle logistically on my own and with my limited Spanish. Logistics really just means my ability to get around a city and f