Sucre

I´m still in Sucre, the University city of Bolivia. Yesterday (25th March) there was lots of people out on the streets, marching for Sucre to become the capital of the country. It was loud and lively, with lots of marching bands, plane dropping leaflets, adults letting off bangers and school kids waving the Bolivian and Sucre flags out on the streets.

I am here in Sucre for this week to study Spanish. The routine for the week has been getting up at 7.30am, eat breakfast and take off to my class which starts at 8.10am. The walk to my school is only 7 minutes. After 4 hours of lessons, I would meet up with my new room mate Laird for lunch. Over here in South America lunch is the biggest meal of the day. And our favorite dish is the ¨Menu del Dia¨, meaning menu of the day. And since it is buffet we would stuff ourselves. Afterwards, I´d spend my afternoon doing homework, exploring the neighbourhood, visiting a museum or do some Internet. Finally, I´d meet up with a bunch of people for coffee, followed by dinner. Night time would be spent watching movies and hanging out at the gringo bar call Joy Ride. :)

As for the Spanish lessons so far it is ¨bien¨- well. I still have a long way to go before having a conversation with locals... But I am not too worried about it yet as this is only week 3. I will have more opportunities to practise the lingo!