Colombia: Day 2

Hey everyone

Well, today was our first really intense day of orientation...I think we are on information overload, and there are only 6 more days of orientation left!

Cultural Experiences thus far:
- All the lights for the bathroom are on the wall outside of the bathroom...so if you forget you close the door and you are in the dark
- At the school we must throw all toilet paper in the trash (the pipes at the school are not wide enough for everything)
- You do not slam the car door shut, you must do it respectfully and if you have to open and shut it again since it wasn´t closed that is better than slamming it
- You can get your blood type done at a dentist office (which I had to do...I am A positive if anyone cared)
- Some streets have lines marking the lanes, others don´t, and even if they do no one follows them
- Blinkers are used on occasion and not necessarily telling you where the person is actually going
- A lot of Colombians wear doctors masks when out in public (not sure if that is because of the pollution or what)
- Buses don´t stop necessarily, it is more of a rolling stop and if you get in great and if you don´t oh well
We are still trying to figure out pesos and such.

Tonight we are going to be going over to the McCollums (the secondary principal) and his wifes home. They are from Buffalo Grove and Bob was the assistant principal at Glenbrook South High School. This is their second year here and they have two daughters at the school. We are going to eat with them and they are going to take us to the mall to do some errands.

We are trying to use our Spanish and we have to when we are with our host family, but I think we will get more used to it and I will take advantage of the Spanish lessons!

Please pray that we can go look at the apartment we will be staying in and hopefully we will be moving in this weekend! Hope everyone is doing well!