i´m here!

hola amigos!
I´m here and its beautiful. the flights were long and exhausting but then we finally got to our hotel. On saturday, we had a long orientation in the hotel. I wasn´t really looking forward to it, but it was good. we learned a lot about school, activities, and culture.

Now, we´re in our apartment! ANDDDD, its awesome! when we were dropping others off at their apartments, they were in more modern, high rises, but ours is on a really quiet, little street. We´re on teh side of the river where all the historic cites are. We´re near the centro (cente). We´re only a 15 minute walk to school. Its small, but cute. we have a balcony that looks over the street and rooftop access. ashley and i share a room and the other 2 girls, Erica and Elissa, each have their own. So far, the 4 of us are getting along really well. We get a food package every 2 weeks from cea. there´s so much more than expected! the cea staff has been great and really helpful.

As of now, we don´t have internet in our apartment. The head cea director here is talking with our landlord to possibly work some kind of deal out for us to pay him for his internet or something. I don´t really know. But for now, i´ll just be at school using the internet here. Skype may be harder to do because of that, but I have a cell phone. All incoming calls are free for me! So, if you want the numero, ask mi madre.

I start classes tomorrow! And on friday, we have a day trip to the city of Cordoba.

The sun is shining, but still a little chilly. God is good!