June 4 (second day of spanish class)

Ayer, Paula y yo tuvimos un conversacion interesante. Era sobre cine en varios paises, cultura en varios paises, historia y logica de gente, y similitudes y diferencias entre varios grupos. Por ejemplo, Paula me dijo que hay similitudes entre cultura Aymarra (aqui en Bolivia) y Japones. Que interesante! Me gusta aprendiendo de varios culturas y por eso, me gusta este viaje en Bolivia. Otro ejemplo, cultura chine es encarnada (?) en mascaras en bolivia! Desde llegue aqui, he estado pensando que hay mas cultura en La Paz que en mi ciudad (quizas es proporcionamente). De que lo Paula me dijo, es verdad. Pero, la cultura aqui parace ser mezcla, quizas un poco deja llevar por media. Por eso, estoy tratando de decir hay muchos culturas en La Paz y las son confusas. Ha habido musica norteamericana en todas partes he estado. Hay influencias de varios culturas que parecen en todas partes. Ella me dijo que lo es que no le gusta viajar a ciudades, sobre el mundo son mezclas de cultura. Sin embargo, es interesante a saber que culturas antiguas (como aymarra y quchua) tienen similitudes con culturas muy lejos como en el asia. Quisiera ver mas de esas culturas.

Yesterday, Paula (my teacher) and I had an interesting conversation. It was about movies, culture, history and logic, and the similarities and differences between cultures and countries. For example, Paula told me that there are many similarities between Aymarra culture (here in Bolivia) and traditions in Japan. I really like learning about this, and so it is great to be here in Bolivia. Another example, quechua masks and the quechua language are very similar to chinese masks (like the dragons) and language. Since I arrived here, I have been thinking about the culture in La Paz--there is more than in my city (or maybe it is proportional! houghton IS small). Paula agrees with this, but the culture here is very mixed. I am trying to say, there are many cultures apparent here, but they are very confusing/confused. There has been american music playing everywhere I´ve been. There are influences of different cultures everywhere. she told me that´s why she doesn´t like to travel to other big cities, around the world they are just cultural melting pots. However, it is interesting to learn about old cultures (such as the Aymarra and Quechua) and how they have similarities with cultures very far away and disconnected such as in Asia. I would like to see more of those type of cultures.