First Day

Well, I made it just fine to Guatemala today, as well as everyone else on my trip. When we arrived at the airport in Guatemala City, we were greeted by two employees from CASAS. When we arrived at CASAS, we had what I call an "American meal." Our lunch was a cold ham sandwich, with lettuce, onions, tomato, and condiments, chips, watermelon, and freshly-squeezed lemonade to drink.

After lunch, we had free time. During this time, we played games together, chatted, and did various other things. We ate supper together at CASAS at 6 pm. We had white rice, shredded vaca (beef), and watermelon. The beef was in a mild tomato based sauce--it was actually quite tasty!

After supper, we all headed to the mall across the street from CASAS. This mall is a strip mall with a variety of stores in it, including the bank where we all exchanged our money at. This was an interesting and educational experience for all of us as our Spanish was put to a test. :)

After having to be at the Marbeck Parking Lot at 2:30 am this morning to leave to come to Guatemala, we all are incredibly exhausted, but are looking forward to tomorrow and everything that we will experience then.