Arrived Safely

Well, I got here alright. After a long layover in O´Hare, i boarded the flight to Guatemala City which went smoothly. (except who´s idea was it to serve breakfast at 4:30am?) My driver, alejandro picked me up at the airport and then we traveled in his taxi to Antigua. Met my host dad, César and his daughter Sophia and their three dogs: muneca (doll) Candi and .... the little brown one. Luckly they only bark when people walk in and out of the door. I asked about any other students living there and César said that two others were but I couldn´t find them. I wasn´t shown upstairs so I assume that is where the ´family´lives. I was shown my room, where Melanie will join me in two weeks. I have been spoiled by posh Mexican resorts. (And my amazing soft bed and a pletora of nice coushy pillows). It may take a bit but it´s safe, relatively clean, and the family seems nice. The bathroom....i´ll be wearing sandles :) It looks like next to mel/my room there´s another room for a couple. The keys were in the door so I assume that´s not where the other two students are.

^picture of my side of the bedroom.

I also learned that breakfast is served at 7:15am, and César said that he would show me how to catch a bus to CommonHope. I shouldn´t be too far.

this is a pic of the outside door of my house.

I scoped out the school and found out it´s actually on the second floor of an old convent, a space that appears to be shared by about 5 other stores, tour operators, ect. It´s only a block and a half away from my house so it´s a much easier walk than when I lived in Cuernavaca. I¨m thinking for the rest of the day I¨ll take a nap, try to find the other students living at the house and if not go out to dinner (host families don´t feed you on sundays) somewhere where there´s a bar so I can sit and chat with other people my age.

Please keep me in your prayers!
Love, Betsey