November 8, 2021 - November 12, 2021
I started my second week of language school on Monday. Now I am attending in the morning from 9:00 - 11:00. I was joined in my class by another student who was from Vancouver. Even though he was a beginner and I didn’t learn many new aspects of Spanish I was able to practice speaking Spanish a good deal. At the end of the class I was given the choice to have a one on one class or continue with the guy who was not quite on my level. I thought that practicing the language with other people in conversation was exactly what I needed to process and practice the large amount of material we covered last week. I opted to continue in the class with Adam ( the beginner from Vancouver). We will see how that goes. I fully expect to take more classes after the holidays sometime before I leave San Miguel.
It turns out that I was correct in opting to stay in a class with more conversation and less grammatical instruction. The teacher was there to correct our mistakes immediately which helped me to refine my ability to speak Spanish. Accordingly, much grammar instruction still occurred. To me speaking the language is much more difficult than listening to or reading the language.
Each day after my class Bob and I met up for lunch together in some of our favorite cafes. Most restaurants in the city are small open air places which provide a very pleasant way to enjoy a meal and soak up the culture around us.
For some reason the week seemed to fly by with very little photography. I’ll post some of my best photos of the week. We ate lunch twice this week at the cafe Santa Ana which is in the back of the library.
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| The library courtyard was still decorated for "Dia de los Muertos." |
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| A beautiful Catrina stood in the library courtyard. |
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| A Catrin is smoking while sitting on this courtyard fountain. |
One day we walked through the Mercado de Artistes again after lunch where I purchased a few items. These photos were taken on the way back to our apartment.
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| It seems like this older woman is walking home after doing her daily food shopping. |
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| This is a very typical street in San Miguel. |
One day we ate street food from a taco stand on a corner near our apartment and lived to tell about it. Another day we had lunch at the cafe in the Fabrica Aurora (the home of many artists galleries).
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| This copper bowl of white roses was a lovely decoration in the courtyard of the Fabrica Aurora. |
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| Happy Claire! |
