We’re here. WOO. This place is beautiful. Beautiful. Unbelievable. Jenny and I started praying about 6 months ago about what we would do, where we would go, sensing a feeling to try a new thing, have a little adventure before we plan to start a family. Recognizing that both being teachers would really fit our lifestyles, we decided to check out teaching, in the US or overseas. We thought, where in the US would we like to check out? San Diego- beautiful weather year round? Colorado- incredible mountains and laid back lifestyle? Well, we did not think that we would now be teaching internationally here in Cochabamba in a place that is a mix of the two in climate and geography, but obviously A LOT MORE in terms of culture and overall opportunity for experience. Here we go!
So, it took us a long time to get here- we met another teacher and her husband in the airport- Drew and Ann from Chatanooga Tennessee. They were cool and it was neat for us to meet a fellow teacher. We stayed in the same hotel and thank God Drew if fluent in Spanish. The first few days we just went out to eat, explored the city, learned how to get cabs, which are all over the place. The also have Trufies- which are awesome. They are busses you flag down- the first one we rode I was hanging out the door it was so croiwded. They have a specific route, and are only 1.50 Bolivianos. The exchange is 1 B to 7 dollars, so a Trufie ride costs about 25 cents. And you can get across the city.
We tried the first time to go out by ourselves without our Spanish speaking friends, and it was HARD- REAL HARD. We ordered by just pointing on the menu, and we didn’t do well. Obviously as school gets rolling we will make it a HUGE priority to learn more SPANISH!!!!
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