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These past two weeks have been pretty uneventful. Our days are filled with four hours of language school everyday.. FOUR HOURS. I have never been so mentally exhausted in my life..  So days I go home and take a really long nap after language school :) But i'm also basically fluent in spanglish right now so that much closer to spanish!!! In the afternoon when I'm not doing homework we either go out and explore Magdalena or there is a mountain right by my house that we have hiked a few times. The top of the mountain is beautiful! The first time we hiked it, it was so clear and we could see many distant towns.

One thing I just cannot get over is how big the CORN is here!! Seriously, it is over double the size of back home. So of course I had to take a pic with it. This one's for you Grandma Dora!!!

                                                So tall it can't even fit in the picture!!!

This past Tuesday was Indepence Day here in Guatemala! We got the day off of language school and spent the day in Antigua. It was very interesting! There were tons of parades literally EVERYWHERE. Antigua was packed with people. We just hung out and watched the different parades come by and also went shopping in the market of course. Indpendence day is different in Guatemala! Instead of people doing their own thing, everyone comes together and is either in a parade or watching them. It is really cool. I am glad I got to have this experience here! 

                                            Acting like tourists but we're actually locals ;)

This morning we went to a Catholic Church in Antigua, which was very interesting to say the least. I have never been to a Catholic service before, so I really had absolutely no idea what was going on the whole time. I just tried to copy what the people next to me were doing the whole time haha. 

                                                   The beautiful church we visited today!

So now here I am writing this blog in a little coffee shop called Fat Cat Coffee listening to/watching the rain outside this little window :) I really do love this beautiful place and am starting to feel more and more at home with everyday! Gracias for reading my blog friends :)

                                                    GLOBAL BRIDGERS