Good news is that I have successfully retrieved both my passport and approved visa from the Bolivian consulate. I arrived today at the same time as yesterday, waited 20 minutes in the waiting room with a dozen other people, none of which had any idea who was first or last until the same woman came and pointed at me. She then pulled my paperwork out of the exact same pile she put it in yesterday, walked it around the corner came back and I had an approved visa. I have no idea why they couldn't have done that yesterday but anyway its done, it looks like I am approved to visit Boliva for 90 day segments for up to 5 years. I have already contacted a teacher in Sucre who will give me lessons for $3 per hour and she will supply me with a room in her house with full room and board for an additional $6 per day...now thats cheap living.
As for the spanish learning, its tough going. Being an engineer I feel I am too logical and always trying to map the two languages together which is nearly impossible. I am trying to break my mind free of its current conception of language understanding so I can weave a new language into the mix...its tough. In Spanish the verbs are very difficult and the word order is backwards from ours in many circumstances...for example...we would say "I bought it for him" in Spanish you essentially say "him it I bought".
Staying in tonight to study and make more flash cards!
P
No comments:
Post a Comment