Learning to learn

Megan:
I cannot say enough positive things about our experience so far in Guanajuato. As Jon already mentioned, a pleasant surprise seems to greet us at every bend in the road as we explore the city. But even more impressive are the benefits we are getting out of our language classes. The school and my motivation level have surpassed anything I had hoped for. I am finding that the better I become at communicating, the more I want to learn! I cannot picture a better scenerio than walking out of a Spanish class and being immersed in a community that speaks the language.

We have been sharing a home and two meals a day with a local family while we're here. We are enjoying the opportunity to eat delicious home cooked food, share stories and practice what we are learning each day in school. I must admit that I often have to just smile and pretend to understand what they are taking about, but Jon has gained an ability to understand of most of their stories, and I'm getting better each day. We spent our dinner last night speaking mainly in Spanish with each other. Our conversations are typically very basic and a little broken, but are becoming more natural and fluid all the time. We have enjoyed spending our afternoons finding opportunities to practice and our evenings doing our homework over a glass of wine.

With much enthusiasm, I am off to study a little before bed.
Buenas noches.