I have completed six weeks of Spanish school and have at least six more to go.  Went for turkey dinner at the neighbor’s Christmas Eve.  The owner of my house prepared breakfast Christmas morning for three of her friends and I was invited.  The group then went for a hike up a local mountain.  The weather was sunny and warm, as it is again today, as is the forecast for the coming week.  Am invited to a “gringo” party tonight.  Don’t really want to go but I guess I *should*.

Thankfully, my cold is gone.  The trip to León was fun.  We visited numerous plant nurseries, the big shoe market, and Home Depot!

It was a good week at school.  All of my classes were private due to the lack of others at my level.  Looks like the coming (short) week will be the same.  The weather forecast for Christmas day is 24/11C.

I’ve been under the weather with a cold that hit me on Thursday.  Can’t remember when I last had a cold.  I did not sleep a wink Friday night and so was really bogged down yesterday.  Slept well last night and the cold is tolerable today.

It rained like in Vancouver last night.  Has stopped for now and the forecast for this week is all sun.  Going to León today with a teacher for something different to do.

Besides school this week, CineClub showed and I saw all six Star Wars movies, episodes IV, V, VI, I, II, and III, one per day Mon-Sat.  Episode III was the most interesting and I’m looking forward to seeing the new release.  I ran every day except one when I hiked instead.  Even have been doing some weeding in the garden at the school.  The days are cooling but still with highs of 20-25C.  There has been ugly weather back home 🙂