I woke up at 10ish and had the best shower for ages. The shower wasn't electric so there was no chance of me being electrocuted unlike the other showers I've had to endure. Also it was hot, really hot! I had forgotten what a real hot shower felt like having had lukewarm showers for a month! I chatted to an Israeli girl in my room who'd also just arrived from Santa Cruz. I then chilled out on the balcony and listened to a few people in the garden learn Spani...

I was woken up at 9ish by Marie-Renne, she told me I had friends at the door. Sure enough, I staggered to the front door in my pants and there was Jaqueline and her Swiss friend Sandra who was here on a nostalgic visit having stayed with the Camachos 2 months ago. They invited me into town so I tried to take a shower but it was ice cold so then I had my breakfast of apple sauce rolls and a cup of tea. Jose and Marina left last night to go and see Jose's bro...

I slept in again for my class and was a few minutes late. It's so cold in the morning that it's hard to resist nodding off for 5 minutes (or so I thought) but in actual fact it was 30 mins. Anyway I had to grab a camu-camu jam roll and down my tea! I ran off to school and had my last lesson with Ingrid. She talked for a while about politics and I just nodded enthusiasticaly. Eventually we moved on to doing exercises. We did several subjunctive exercises and...

I really slept in today and was 15 minutes late for my class with Lucha. The lesson went well however Lucha did warble for a while and I got a bit confused as to what we were learning. Nevertheless she continued and we covered the conditional tense "I would like, I would eat etc". It was really easy. We then had our break and I paid the school their last payment for my classes and homestay. I had some banter with Pedro in the courtyard and I drank some stro...

I got up late again and so didn't bother having a shower. My conversation with my family was short as I gulped a roll, slurped my tea and then bolted off to school! I had my lesson with Wilma who I think is probably my best teacher. We chatted for awhile and then moved on to the subjunctive tense. Which is like..I might do that or maybe I will return. We did tonnes of exmaples. I had a coffee on my break and listened to Joaquin try and persuade people to go...