Preparación (Preparation)

Today was our first class session before we leave on Thursday. We also recieved schedules of what we will be doing in Mexico, as well as what the course objectives are. For classes in Mexico we will be reading a lot and doing activities out of our book every day. By the end of the month we are expected to write a 750 word composition about our experiences. We will also have a final oral exam which is part of the course grade. By the looks of our schedule, time will really fly bye!
The intensive spanish conversation has already begun, and just from today, we are all learning to adjust to speaking spanish once again.

We also met today so that we could ask questions about the trip. Many of us are curious about our host families and what everything will be like in Mexico.

Carol Johnston is from UNI, orginally from Peru, and she will be another advisor who will be traveling with us. Dr. Boerigter and Carol Johnston each have a group to be in charge of for excursions and activities since we have such a large number of students traveling this year.

Two more days of classes here at Wartburg, then we are off to Mexico. We will meet at the school by 6:45am Thursday morning!

Getting Ready For Mexico!

I am one of many traveling to Cuernavaca, Mexico for May Term. Everyone is very excited now that our trip beings in two weeks! We have been enduring our week of finals, and hopefully all do well on our spanish final as well.
In order to prepare for our trip we have continually discussed the trip throughout the semester and have talked about what we will be doing in Mexico and how we will handle potential situations. We recently received an e-mail reguarding how we should pack for the trip; although packing is not my favorite thing to do, I will be excited to pack my summer clothes!
I am excited for this opportunity to keep everyone informed about our trip and hopefully I will be able to share some pictures with you as our trip progresses!