This morning I signed up for Spanish lessons at Instituto Jovel. It is 3 hours of
individual lessons Mon-Fri as well as a stay with a family. The family part should be (hopefully) some intense Spanish learning. I think I should buy another pair of pants. It being *Mexico*, I thought that I would only need one pair but it?s too freaking cold here for anything but. And the family I live with is going to think I?m gross because I wear the exact same clothes everyday.

All day yesterday I slept on and off. Around 9 I was up and about. This guy Caeser (Mexican/American, worked in Silicon valley for 9 years) and this girl Maria (Argentinian) and I went out for tacos, drinks and music. We went to hear this band play who were awesome awesome awesome. It was kind of Reggae with beats. V. cool. Also this bar (Madre Tierra) and the whole town is the hippy central of the world.

So Caeser spoke perfect Spanish and English. Maria spoke no English. I spoke very little Spanish. So Caeser and Maria would have these very long conversations and then Caeser would be like, "Maria says her brother is a chef"... another very long conversation, then "Maria is funny". Actually I?m really glad they invited me out and had a really good time. One of the guys in the band is actually my only other dormmate.

The hostel is very cool. All of the hostels have been really cool and none of them have been in the Lonely Planet (it?s from 2002). I?ve found all of these hostels because I stumbled onto the first one (in the rain) and then heard about the others from hostelers.

Congratulations to my sister Danielle. She?s going to Marshall University in W. Virginia in the fall.