1st Day at School
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 5 Jul 2012 22:49
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Our First Day at Don Pedro de
Alvarado Spanish School, Antigua, Guatemala
Breakfast at
07:15. Mama prepared fresh fruit, scrambled egg, rolls and the equivalent
of baked beans, oh oo
The formal
lounge, the room between the lounge and the dining room. I’m happy to
have seen a colibri (hummingbird) this morning in Mama’s
flowers. I’ll take that as a good omen as we embark on the new adventure
of going to school. At ten to eight we bade farewell to mama and off we
went.
Bear being
formally welcomed to school. The entrance to the
office, the school computers, the new students.
The office
is full of scary big books in Spanish
Outside
study. Bear was whisked away by Brenda, I went off with Gloria. Eight
until twelve, with a coffee break. We walked home at twelve for a delicious
lunch with mama. Back at two o’clock for our conversational teachers – Elsi for
Bear, Claudia for me. My conversation ended up with a list of interrogative
verbs and by four o’clock my head was quite hot. Thursday evenings school just
happen to be supper at school. We went home to shower and walked the five
minutes back yet again.
The ladies were busy in the al fresco kitchen. The tables were
laid out for all the students and teachers.
Time to explore more our school. Terrapins to the left, fish to the right of the walkway to
the back of the garden.
More desks at the
back, complete with a whiteboard AND a blackboard.
Saints to help with study and a ‘One Carefully Owned’
sewing machine
More tables in the
middle of the garden
Ladies still busy
cooking, I’m thrilled with the hoya bella and time for a Salsa lesson with Herman
A great supper,
Letty (admin) cutting pudding.
We were videoed.
New students and the more fluent were asked to
contribute.
The whole
troop
ALL IN ALL A
FINE EVENING
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ALL IN ALL SO MUCH TO
LEARN |