Hola! Today was our second full day here in Copan, Honduras. This morning, the kids started their classes at La Escuela Guacamaya. They are taking classes for two hours each day, studying Spanish with their own personal teacher. Melissa has my teacher from last summer, Karla (yay!). The kids seemed pretty nervous before school and they had alot of questions about the way classes would run. Thankfully, when Therese and I returned to the school at 11 to meet them, they were all smiling and laughing. They really seemed to enjoy their first class AND they had learned some new phrases to communicate with their host family- which is AWESOME.
After class, the kids went back to their host families and Therese and I went back to our hotel to eat. We had mac and cheese:) It's a little tough for our host mom to feed us vegetarianas. After lunch, we indulged in one of my favorite traditions from Copan- the afternoon siesta (who says naps are just for kindergartners!). At 2:00, we all met at the school for a trip to the Jardin de Mariposas, where we saw some truly beautiful butterflies. There are thousands of butterfly species here in Honduras. I felt like a little kid walking around the garden and trying to match up the butterflies with the pictures they had given us and it was GREAT:)
When we grew tired of walking around the garden, we all walked up to a little store/cafe outside. We talked about some of the differences and similarities we found between Leland and Copan. In some ways, the towns are very similar...The kids really noticed how people sort of mill around outside houses and just sit and talk. That's one of of my favorite things about Leland...and also about Copan. Life is just a little bit slower...and, after a loooooong school year, a slower lifestyle seems just about perfect.
More later...
Adios!Sanja:)
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