This is the view from the balcony of my Spanish classes. The University is on a hill so not matter where you are there is a beautiful view. It makes work and class a hell of a lot easier when you have this to look at everyday. 
This is my Spanish class. My teacher's name is Veronica and everyday she wears the most colorfully embroidered dresses and tops. She is really nice and never speaks a word of English. I am learning a lot. My classmates are mostly Japanese and Korean. Then there are two girls from the States, one from Germany, one from Canada and two from Switzerland. The Korean boys are absolutely adorable. They are great to practice Spanish with because they know little or no English. 
So many people speak English in this city that when they find out that I speak English they either just speak or English to me or want to practice their English with me. This gives me little opportunity to practice my Spanish. Above is my classmate Jun, he is really good at Spanish so I try to work with him in class, because working with someone better than me really helps me improve.
There are so many flowers everywhere. These are the stairs that I sit on during my break between teaching classes.
I have two Spanish classes everyday, grammar and conversation. This is the view from my classroom. It's amazing. Tomorrow in my converstaion class we are walking to the market to ask the vendors questions that we came up with in class on Monday. It always makes me nervous to practice my Spanish with unsuspecting strangers, but it is a great way to learn and practice. I wish that I could just learn faster.
I teach in room number 12. Below is the inside of my classroom. My students are awesome. I have 2 classes of 28 students, one of 15, and one with only 12. I really enjoy working there. I just gave my first written exam on Thursday and I am not looking forward to grading them all, yuck. Other than that the job is great. I don't have my working visa yet, so I have not gotten paid yet, imagine how much better the job will be when I am actually getting paid for it.
highway. It was wild, they were so helpful with directions while giantic 16 wheelers were whipping behind them. You definitely would not see this in the U.S. Finally, we figured out how to get to the neighborhood that the rodeo was in, but now we had to find the actual stadium. You would think 
that with such a big event SOMEONE would know about it but that was not the case. My friend Marcos, kept asking the cab driver to stop at a gas station to ask for directions, but I don't think they do that here in Mexico. Here in Mexico they pull up real close to the front door of a store and yell in at the clerk. Yeah, it happened and the clerk was more than happy to help us out. Getting lost was actually pretty fun, Igot to see parts of Mexico that I may have never seen otherwise.
When we finally arrived it was awesome! There were cowboys everywhere with leather chaps, spurs, lassos the whole deal. And most of them happened to be incredibly good looking. In the beginning it was great we ate delicious food, it wasn't too crowded and we got really good seats. Then the rodeo began and in the first event the cowboys rode their horses next to the bull, grabbed its tail and threw it on the ground. This was only if they 'won' if then missed the bull it was considered a 'loss', but not for me, I was rooting for the bulls. I hated to see them get knocked over. It didn't seem to hurt them, they just seemed super annoyed, like they were saying, "Leave me the hell alone stupid cowboys." 
I thought this is cruel, they should cancel rodeos all together. But Nicole went to check on the horse as well, and the people told her that horses rarely die at rodeos and that this was an extreme case. They told that it was a one and a million chance to see a horse die at a rodeo. This made me feel a bit better. The night continued and it just got better and better. The cowboys were doing tricks with their lassos like spinning it around their bodies and jumping through it was very impressive. Nicole and I were very popular because we were the only Americans there. The announcers asked if we would take our pictures with them. They asked us why there were not other gringos there and we said, "Because nobody can find this place!" I'm sure if I will return to a rodeo but I am happy that I was able to check it out. Don't tell PETA they would be all over this shit.
I am having a great time in Gto. I love my job and I have free Spanish classes at the University. My schedule Mon.-Thurs. can be rough but I'm getting used to it. I have Spanish classes from 11am-1pm. , one conversation and one grammar class. Then I have a 2 hour break and teach English from 3-8:15pm. It's a long day, but it's not bad. On Friday I only have to go to the two classes...I already missed last Friday's classes...mental health day. It only sucks when I have to go to Cupulas Uno to take care of the dogs. This situation is really starting to get to Nicole and I. We only have two more weeks left but now that we both work it is getting to be really annoying! When we orginally agreed to stay at Cupulas, we thought, free rent yeeeeaaah! Then we realized that it's the suburbs and a 20 minute cab ride to work. We quickly found a apartment in the city and have been living between the two places for the past month, although, Katie was here for a week and a half in the middle and she took care of the dogs. I become a different person when I go from Cupulas to my new place. I love living in walking distance to everything. I finally set up my bedroom and we are starting to collect things for the kitchen. The apartment is bright, airy, and most importantly clean. I cannot wait to sleep there every night, tonight I am at Cupulas...alone. I will never take another taxi in Gto. again after this dog thing is over. They suck and traffic is terrible because of construction right now. They say it's going to be 3 months before they are done.
