Journal Entry - Maria

Hello gente! (people)

     ¿Como estan todos? I´m prcaticing my translating skills.  I knew I was going to be put on the spot light on this tripñ along with Mario, Mariel, and Nico.  That´s okay though, I needed to practice my Spanish.  Seriously!  My Dad would make fun of me because I´d be speaking Spanish with him and forget how to say certain words and he´d just laugh.  The funny thing is that I´m not any better in English; there are times when I don´t pronounce certain words correctly or I forget how to say certain words.  In six days I´ve had so many opportunities to translate Spanish into English, English into Spanish, teach Spanish to my teamates, teach English to students, adults, and others, that I have lost track of the number.  My mind is like a three way phone call.  One line is Spanish (¡Hola! ¿Como estan?), another is in English (Hi! How are you?) and the third is like a cross section of the two (¿You no speakin English? Si, no maybe so?). 

    My homestay family are so sweet and caring.  I have a grandmother, mother, brother, and a cat.  My homestay fatehr is working in New Orleans.  He calls every now and then.  There are always numerous visitors who come and visit Grandma Catia.  I found out a day ago that the homestay family members are very well known by all in San Ramon.  I´ve been told that the great great grandparents were founders of San Ramon and that they owned a huge portion of it.  Years and generations have gone by and the same wealth isn´t there anymore but the respect and pride of the family name continues to live on.  It´s pretty cool I think.  I wonder what they did to earn so much respect?  Anyways, I´ll let you know more when I discover more fo the history.  For now, I´m going to have dinner and then try to beat my brother at a video game (he rocks at it).  Have a great summer reader.  Adios!

Comments

[Jose Sinclair]

Hola Amigos de Norwich!
I hope everyone is doing well. It looks like you guys are having fun as well as working hard. I only hope I could be there with you guys. Say HOLA! to Beth and Mercedes, and if you guys have a chance to go to Doña Nelly's dinner definetely eat there. She was my host mom and they are very friendly people. If you stop by there please tell them I say hi! Take care and enjoy your stay in Nicaragua.

Jose Sinclair