First update from Mexico!
I'm so excited to be in Mexico, can't believe I am finally here! Brooke and I arrived in Mexico City on Sunday after two long flights to Los Angeles on the 4th. I don't recommend flying with China Southern Airlines, at least not go to Mexico! It was the cheapest flight we could book at the time. The airline itself is okay, but the stopover at Goungzhou airport in China was awful. It is the strangest airport I've ever been in! It was freezing there was no heating and all of our warm clothes were in our checked baggage. It was such a relief to finally arrive in Los Angeles, where we spent 3 days recovering from the flights and seeing as much as we could.
We said goodbye to LA in the early hours of Sunday morning and buenas dias to Cuidad de Mexico. Brooke and I were warmly welcomed by our host mother Mari, who thankfully knows some English as our skills are very very basic . With a mix of the two languages we can communicate okay. Mari's apartment is above a restaurant that she owns and she cooks the most delicious food! She has a very friendly and energetic puppy named Luna, Mari her two daughters who come and we talk to them as best we can with our very limited Spanish.
Monday was our first day at La Salle. We met the other Spanish students and Health Care students and everyone is friendly and we all get along very well. I love the campus too it's so beautiful. So far we've learnt about about cross-cultural communication with Ana Christina and Mexican History with Arnoldo, who really knows his stuff!
Yesterday we visited the Chapultepec Castle and the Museum of Anthropology. Before this course I knew virtually nothing about the history of Mexico. It's been a lot to take in but very fascinating learning about great civilisations of the Mayans, Aztecs and Toltecs.
Today we are placed in our Spanish classes according to what level we are at. I'm really looking forward to the classes I'm keen to learn as much Spanish as I can!
Rebecca Honey is participating in our January 2012 Intensive Spanish program at La Salle University, Mexico. Rebecca is about to enter into her 4th year of a Bachelor Social Work degree at the University of Newcastle.
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