pictures

hey i have pictures up now. just to letting you know. you can click the smaller set to go directly to the library of all my pictures. the bigger ones are just a small selection of what i have. 

also i forgot to tell about how i had dinner with Lindsey's host family! it wasn't too awkward like she thought it might be. the family spoke no english at all, and i have fairly limited spanish, so i just listened a lot. i can understand a lot more than i can say, so it was interesting. it was an experience that i won't forget. also, i think it takes guts to live with a family who doesn't speak your language. i'm proud of linds, i think that would stress me out more than anything. but she is doing great! 

i also forgot to mention the fact that i have to use a british accent in my everyday life now. whenever i go to the grocery store or restaurant in a part of town that isn't full of tourists, i'm always being told that i can't be understood. but as soon as i try out my pathetic accent, i'm all of the sudden understood. odd. also, the checker doesn't say "next" they call out "yes please!" which i find odd. all clerks at stores say this. then they say "alright" but not in a questioning tone, they just say "alright" which is meant to mean "how are you?" and you are to promptly respond "fine," not good, not great, not terrible, but "fine." just some quirky little things.