5 hours of spanish class from 8-1 is a lot. Luckily los maestros keep it interesting. Today, my teacher for this week - Miguel - told me a raunchy mormon joke. I'll tell you in person if you're really curious.
Showers, we have them... sorta. Every house / hotel / hostel has a similar shower set up. There's a typical stall or tub structure with walls and a curtain or what have you, but instead of a spout mounted on the wall, a thin piece of stell or aluminum tubing juts out with an oversized plastic shower head attached to dump the water straight down.
Ok, thats cool. Wait, why are their electric wires spliced together and wrapped around the metal tube thats pumping water on me? why do they run to a breaker box very close to the shower? Because, thats how its done. The heaters and water pumps to fuel a shower are mostly electric. Jake can verify this - the first time he tried to shower he got shocked (not badly). If that weren't fun enough, you get put in a fun catch-22 situation: You can have all the water pressure you want...but it can't be hot. Heat comes at the cost of quantity. My typical style is to turn it so hot that i have to keep moving to keep from getting burned and then I don't ever get cold (its cold here in the mornings especially in my basically outdoor bathroom).
Finally, I saw "Pirates del caribe" last night. If anyone wants to fill me in on the witty dialogue or complex plot development that I inevitably missed watching it in spanish, feel free!
Things Learned:
- Maestro taught me how to say "cocktease" more out of his own desire to teach it than mine to learn it.
- 80 year old ailing abuelas enjoy skype but are easily angered by it.
- "Mordida del mono" is monkey bite in spanish
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