First After Class Activity

All five students and Barbie, the diredtor of Chac-Mool, went out in the evening to a cafe to meet with each other and relax. Of course the cafe had a special, one shot of mescal and a beer for 50 pesos. It was a great deal.

Here is our group.

Left to right. Amy, Barbie, Chris, Tim, Charlie and Jane.

After three rounds we headed back to the School and later headed home. It's a good thing there were taxis near by to take us back.

Instituto Chac-Mool School Day

This is our classroom. Notice the whiteboard in the background.

In the morning, we started class with a new student, Chris. Our teacher is Sofia and she speaks only a little English.  Our instruction is only in Spanish. We begin with basic instruction from 9:00 - 12:00 with one 10 minute break.  At noon, we have a 15 minute break.

In the afternoon, 12:15-2:00, it is time for conversation. During this time we have conversation activities.  Sometimes individually and other times as a whole group, all 5 students and 3 teachers. We are having a great time, the people are wonderful and we all get along.

Yoga classes on Tuesday and Thursday before school. The yoga instructor comes to the school and we have class on the second floor deck.

Instituto Chac-Mool Spanish School

This is our first day of class in Spanish School. We will be attending school for ten days with five hours of instruction each day. There are currently five students at the school, including us, and three teachers!! We work with two different teachers during the day. We were told not to speak any English during the day but that did not happen today. We had a great time and had to come right home to do our homework!!!

School is held outdoors. This was our working space today.

After class we rode our bikes to Chedraul Supermarket to get food for supper.