On the Road to Find Out

I am now realizing how difficult it{s going to be to keep up with this blog in Guatemala. For one thing, I can{t figure out the keyboards, so my punctuation is going to be all off. Another thing, I{m already realizing that the more I start thinking in Spanish, the worse my ability to speak and write in English becomes. Also, I{ve only been here for three days, and so much has happened that I don{t even know where to begin…. Probably beginning with the various ways that I{ve embarrassed myself is a good starting point, since I do that here, a lot.

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Ecuador, Guatemala

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out

I forgot to mention in my last post that I’ll be spending the next eight weeks in Guatemala living with a host family, taking Spanish classes, and hopefully finding someplace to volunteer once my Spanish starts to become halfway decent. The plan right now is to stay in Xela for five weeks, head over to Antigua and continue taking classes while watching the Semana Santa festivities for another two weeks, and then travel for the last week, hopefully seeing Semuc Champey, Tikal, and the Rio Dulce, depending on how ambitious I’m feeling by that point. Right now I’m a little bit worried about safety, I have read mixed reports, although I heard the same things about Ecuador, and I didn’t have any problems when I was there.

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USA

Blah, blah, blog.

Yes, I’ve created a blog. Yes, I am aware that this has the potential to increase my douchebag factor tenfold. No, I will not be making a trip to the store to buy the obligatory plaid scarf, keds and ray-bans. Or getting a twitter. And I’m definitely not becoming vegan, mostly because life would be so much worse without bacon. I guess I should introduce myself… is that what you do on these things? As I’m sure anyone who is reading this already knows, my name is Alyssa. I’ve spent all of my 22 years living in Southern California, and I recently completed my undergraduate education this past June. Are you bored yet?

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