I am moved in (Kind of)

I will try to make this post a little more comprehensive. I am currently sitting on my couch in my new house. I will have more pictures of the house soon, but for now, let me just say that this house is awesome. There are so many colors and it has such character. Here is a picture of my super adorable room.

Also, we have an awesome rooftop patio where I can sit on the roof and do basically whatever I want. Mostly, I plan on soaking in some sun, appreciating the wonderful view of the ocean, watching the world go by, and reading up there.

I have already gone of two walks around my new neighborhood with my host mom, Paulina. I live in a super artistic area where there are homemade crafts and street art everywhere. One of these days, I will need to really document the wonderful street art. Mi Mama has a craft store near by our house so she really fits into the scene here. She is friends with a lot of the artists in town, and a bunch of other people too. The second walk we went on was with her friend that has a one-year-old daughter. I also have a 16-year-old host brother named Leo. I think I will probably spend more time with Paulina from what she said but we get along very well so there is nothing wrong with that. I have to admit I was a little nervous to meet my new fam and move into a new place, but I am really happy with the results. No more nervousness, expect maybe about figuring out my way around this town with incredibly curvy streets and a public transportation system I don't understand yet.

Last night I met my host cousin too, Florencia Paz. All the American students met up with a younger member of their new family in a local bar and then we hung out in a huge group for a long time. It was a really fun experience but it was also a little overwhelming. There were so many people and we were all speaking in Spanish over each other. My host cousin speaks pretty good English so she was kind of bummed that I spoke Spanish and wanted to practice it more. She is 21 and studying architecture, which I know plenty about. Basically, we had no lack of things to talk about.

After that, we stayed out and explored a little more. There is a pretty good chance that we stayed out dancing till 3am... Basically, Maya's host brother is a boss and works at one of the most hoppin' clubs in town. Thus, the huge group of us didn't have to wait in the huge line and went straight into to a rockin' party. There is also a small chance that I had a dance-off with a mime on a short stage...

The other thing I want to mention is how beautiful the beach is here. Some of us gringas sat on the beach for a while yesterday in the late afternoon and it was gorgeous. It was only a ten minute walk from our hotel.