El Centro, Palomitas, y juntas

One of the many fountains at night, I can´t remember the name of it right now but I thought it was really beautiful, especially with the moon in the background :)

The Callejón de Romance

After my last blog entry my host brother took me for a walk around downtown. It´s very beautiful here at night. There are fountains all over the place here and at night they are gorgeous! He showed me some of the other churches nearby too. One of them is so incredibly detailed, so much gold trim everywhere, it was unlike anything I had ever seen. We walked down a couple of famous calles, streets, too, one used to lead to a church dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and now it leads to the really ornate church. We also walked down this street called the Callejón de Romance, it was really peaceful, very quiet, it didn´t feel like I was downtown at all. I have to admit I was jealous of all the couples that got to walk down there together. :) Don´t worry I took pictures while we were walking around so everyone can see what I´m talking about. I will try to post them on Facebook next week (it takes a while because the internet here is a little slow.)
On Wednesday night I went to the movies, el cine, with my host brother to see Soy Leyenda, I am Legend with Will Smith. Very good movie. It was in English with Spanish subtitles, but some of the movies are in Spanish or translated into Spanish, I think I am going to try to go to one in Spanish next time. Wednesday is the best night to go because you can get in for half price. It was only 75 pesos, about $7.50 for both of us to see a movie, and it´s not even a budget movie theater, so much cheaper than in the US!
Now I have advice for anyone who would be going to the movies here in Mexico. Apparently mixing popcorn, palomitas and water here is a bad idea. For some reason the combination here is a very bad idea and I was very sick on Thursday and I had to miss school. I felt so bad having to call in sick, but my host family took very good care of me and I was feeling better enough to go to school yesterday, Friday. It was only a half day for the students and then the teachers had meetings, juntas or reuniones, in the afternoon. I stayed for the meetings. It was all in Spanish but I understood most of what they said, which I was glad about. The teachers here are not that different from teachers in the US they are concerned about issues like classroom management, discipline, testing, and of course their students. It was interesting to be a part of my first official teachers´ meeting. The students asked about me on Friday too wondering where I was on Thursday.
They invited me to their soccer game yesterday but I didn´t think sitting outside in the sun for so long after being sick was a good idea so I will have to ask them on Monday when their next game is so I can go. I haven´t been to a soccer game in years I think it would be a lot of fun to go see my students play. I´ll have to learn how to cheer in Spanish. :)
I came here to the Center for the first time today by myself because my host brother wasn´t feeling well, but I got here just fine and I know my way home too. I am going to try and come at least 2 or 3 times a week still to email and post blog updates for everyone. Miss you all!