Mexico Dia Diez
Arrggg Matey...back to school. I got up and had some toast with Jam for breakfast along with papaya juice. Then I was off to the combi and school again. Literatura was first and was a little bit boring. Society and culture was next and was fairly interesting. We talked about the Mexican Revolutiona and the various groups involved. For spanish class we started our first "converstation groups with Mexican students." We spoke for twenty minutes in english and then twenty minutes in spanish. The topics they gave us to speak about were kind of funny, "rock and roll, sex, and drugs." Needless to say we didn´t really talk about any of that.
Lunch consisted of a lasagna/enchilada type dish. I am not sure what it is but it was good. It served with fresh squeezed lemon juice, crunchy tacos and a green pepper salsa.
Later I went, with some other students, to an orphanage to volunteer. The map of Morelia for some reason leaves out or decided to rename a number of streets, so it is sometimes hard to find things. I didn´t really know where the orphange was, only the street name and general area on the map where it was. After some wandering I finally found the building. The building was kind of run down and it was obvious they didn´t have much money. I walked through the gates into a courtyard filled with dirt and rocks. I then went with some other students down some stairs to the playground. The playground is an old basketball court and the kids have a few soccer balls, a football, and a basketball. Around the court there was a broken down semi truck and a rusted pickup truck. There were a couple of toys, like a little plastic toy car. We played basketball and soccer with the children. There were about twelve kids in the playground. They ranged from 5-15 years in age. There were two little boys who everyone called nino. The nino on my team was really energetic, but shy. It was probably the highlight of the game when the little nino scored a goal. He looked so happy and everyone congradulated him. The kids were pretty good at soccer and we had a little trouble keeping up with them. It was really fun and very rewarding. I will be returning on Monday and probably many more times.
After the orphanage I went to a coffee shop with two other students to study. We studied and talked about random stuff for a few hours. I then returned home and went to bed.
Lunch consisted of a lasagna/enchilada type dish. I am not sure what it is but it was good. It served with fresh squeezed lemon juice, crunchy tacos and a green pepper salsa.
Later I went, with some other students, to an orphanage to volunteer. The map of Morelia for some reason leaves out or decided to rename a number of streets, so it is sometimes hard to find things. I didn´t really know where the orphange was, only the street name and general area on the map where it was. After some wandering I finally found the building. The building was kind of run down and it was obvious they didn´t have much money. I walked through the gates into a courtyard filled with dirt and rocks. I then went with some other students down some stairs to the playground. The playground is an old basketball court and the kids have a few soccer balls, a football, and a basketball. Around the court there was a broken down semi truck and a rusted pickup truck. There were a couple of toys, like a little plastic toy car. We played basketball and soccer with the children. There were about twelve kids in the playground. They ranged from 5-15 years in age. There were two little boys who everyone called nino. The nino on my team was really energetic, but shy. It was probably the highlight of the game when the little nino scored a goal. He looked so happy and everyone congradulated him. The kids were pretty good at soccer and we had a little trouble keeping up with them. It was really fun and very rewarding. I will be returning on Monday and probably many more times.
After the orphanage I went to a coffee shop with two other students to study. We studied and talked about random stuff for a few hours. I then returned home and went to bed.