hunt hunt hunt...

Today was life changing for myself.... started the day with hair that was about 7 inches... ended the day with about an inch or less in most places.

We began visiting Galeria Trinidad where the Spanish students are residing for a week. There we had breakfast and then drew various spaces around the hotel... it is an art gallery, hotel, and botanical garden. Perfect for eclectic art students.



Then we broke off into three groups and went all over the vast city of Merida on a scavenger hunt to find various items to purchase, bargain for, or take a photograph of. In the end some of us lost and some of us won... but all of us learned how to speak spanish a lot better.

The afternoon was different for everyone. Myself and Brent stayed with the spanish students and ate lunch with them, while the girls and Murphey stopped by the bread shop before heading back to the Millsaps dorms.

After afternoon siestas for all of us, we had a dinner at a nearby restaurant that was rather average. We came back to the house and cut my hair.

So in the end, the highlight of the day (as a collective group) was the scavanger hunt. We all had to find items over the city without the help of teachers and purchase them using our spanish skills. For those of us with some spanish, it was very helpful to get us in the mode of speaking in a foreign language. The brain spent many hours synapsing particles in order for us to learn the new culture and new language.

Tomorrow... a new day.