Ayer, llegue en La Paz. Mi amigo Nate me reunia al aeropeurto y me tomaba en excursion cerca de la ciudad. La ciudad esta approximadamente 500 metros debajo del aeropuerto (y mi casa es debajo 300 metros mas), es situado en un valle grande en los Andes. A mi, La Paz y esta area aparecen similar al sur de Utah. Hay muchas montanas y canyadas de piedra roja, rosa, gris, y amarillo. Tambien, hay cactos y salvias, pero la ciudad tiene palmas y muchos otros arboles.
Luego, Nate y yo ibamos al Instituto Exclusivo para registrar en clases de espanol. No problema pero estoy nerviosa todavia para uno-a-uno clases, 6 horas por dia! Despues, ibamos a reunir con mi familia hueste (?). Mi hermana nueva es Sheena (nombre Celtic si tiene interes). Ella tiene 24 anos y ha estudiado ingenieria ambiental/ecologica por 9 semestres. Viajara a Palos Blancos conmigo. Su familia es muy simpatica y agradable. Antes de yo, han recibido cino otros estudiantes extranjeros, asi que ellos estan acostumbrados a teniendo (?) personas nuevas que no hablaria espanol tan bien. La cosa mejor simpatica era que ellos me permitian a dormir todo el dia. BOnita La Paz me ha dado un dolor de cabeza...
Yesterday I arrived in La Paz. My friend Nate met me at the airport and took me on a tour of the city. The city is about 500 meters below the airport (and my house is another 300 meters lower), it is situated in a huge valley in teh Andes. To mi, La Paz and the surrounding area look a lot like southern Utah, like if you put Tucson at the bottom of Zion Canyon. There are many mountains and canyons of red, pink, grey and yellow rock. Also there are cactuses and sagebrush, but in the city there are palm trees and other trees.
After the tour, Nate and I went to the Instituto Exclusivo to register for spanish classes. There was no problem, but I was still nervous about taking 1-on-1 classes for 6 hours a day! Anyways, we went to meet my host family. My new sister is Sheena (the name is Celtic if you are itnerested). She is 24 and at the end of her BS in environmental/ecological engineering. She is going to Palos Blancos with me next week. Before me, her family has had 5 other international students, so they are used to people who don´t speak good spanish (or any!). The nicest thing that day is that they let me sleep the whole day! Beautiful La Paz and the altitude gave me a headache...
(Sorry no pictures yet, I´mworking on it!)
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