Latest news from this week!

new hotel street
inside new hotel
new but now lost hat :(

So, since I last wrote a blog, I don´t feel that I have done that much. In fact, I have twice moved hostel, had my bank card stolen, acquired an evening job at the pub, caught another stomach bug, lost a hat, acquired a helper for my large and unruly english class and found a permanent place to live. So I have been quite busy after all!

I am now staying at a hotel called, "Hospedaje Milenio", which is really nice. It is much cheaper than the other one at the mere equivalent of 1pound 75p a night. Hurrah! Unfortunately though, no more free internet, hence the lack of blogging. I did stay on night at a horrendous place, which looked like an asylum inside, had incessant drilling going on, did not seem to have a mattress at all, and certainly there were no curtains. I was out of there at 8am the next morning, as quickly as i could haul my now ridiculously heavy suitcase down the stairs.

My bank card was stolen on Monday night inside a club, which I am so annoyed with myself for as I never take my bank card anywhere with me- and certainly not in clubs. Unfortunately I had forgotten to take it out of my purse though as I had had it with me earlier. Anyway, this all caused no end of trouble, although I believe a replacement is now on its way! No idea how long it will take to arrive... So, I am very skint at the moment and living on bread, whch is not too bad as I have a stomach bug too and would be on the bread diet anyway!

On the other hand, school is going really well. Art classes are a doddle and loads of fun too, and english classes are getting much easier as I am getting used to teaching. And for my huge and difficult class that I have twice a week, I now have a helper called Helen, who is from London, and is absolutely wonderful! She is really friendly, patient and smiley and takes th younger ones so now i only need to concentrate on the 10-16 year olds, which is much easier than 5-16 year olds!

I start work at the english pub here on Tuesday night as I need some money to fund my bread diet until my card arrives.

And lastly, and most exciting, I have found a place to live! I am going to move into a house with a girl called Lupita, who is Bolivian, and a swiss girl called Sophie. There´s a big living room, and nice kitchen and a bathroom, and then I have my room, which is fairly big and even has a balcony. Lupita is hilarious and Sophie is really nice too, so I decided straight away to move in with them, as I really like both them and the house. However I do have to wait until my card arrives so that I can pay for where I am currently staying. I am really excited about moving in, though!

So I think thats everything. I am eagerly anticipating the arrival of my card, so that I can move into new place, and also return to normal life and food intake! After a bad start to the week, things are looking up!