It's amazing how time flies when the Peace Corps keeps you busy with lots of training. It's hard to believe it's been almost two weeks since I left the states, but based on the amount of stuff I've learned and the amount of Spanish I've attempted to speak two weeks sounds about right. Somedays I think trying to relearn Spanish is way worse than trying to learn a completely new language because somewhere in the back of my head I know these things, but can't seem to pull them out. My spanish is definitely getting better everyday, I just can't wait for the day when I can speak without too many hesitations.
The most exciting that has happened lately (other than realizing I do kind of know how to speak Spanish) is I found out where I am going to be working at the end of my 3 months of training.
I'm going to be moving to the city of Puebla, which is located in the state of Puebla. Puebla is a big city located about 90 miles southeast of Mexico City. I haven't been able to learn too much about Puebla, but I will be visiting in a couple weeks so I'm sure I will learn lots. I also learned that I will be working at Flor del Bosque a state park that is located just 15 minutes north of downtown Puebla. I don't have an exact job description, just a very general environmental education volunteer job description so even though I was under the impression I was going to be writing curriculum I know don't really know what exactly I'll be doing. Based on the little bit I've been able to translate from their website and the awesome tourist video I found in English it seems like it is going to be a great place to work for a couple years. I think the funniest thing I've learned is that they have a huge habitat for white-tailed deer, which just shocked me considering in many area of the US we have too many.
