My Spanish is growing by leaps & bounds

Hola amigos. I am finally finding myself able to follow a conversation. And expressing myself is becoming much easier as well. Good for the old cabeza.

I have moved into town for a week until I go to Tuxtla Gutierrez for several days. On Dec. 2 I hope to see a performance of the group of Mayan women from FOMMA. Then on the 4th & 5th I will give a workshop to local actors in Tuxtla. I love it here.

Tomorrow I teach at FOMMA, the day after for the day care teachers & on Wednesday I will go to see El Senor de la Tierra. It is a local performance, in a grand old theatre on the Andador, the walking street, not unlike Granville Mall, but much smaller in scale & no buses or vehicle of any sort except the bicycle wheel variety, of which there are many. The show has more than 20 actors in it. Many of them are people who were in my workshop in March. After I return from Tuxtla, I will do two days of workshops for the actors in this play.

Two nights ago we went to an opening of a new restaurant in San Cristobal called La Pera. There was excellent live jazz & we danced into the night. It was big fun. I find myself dancing all of the time here.

Before I left Vancouver I made 4 compilation CD's designed for my Memorobics classes in February. I have been using them here for my classes & so many people have asked me to copy them for them. They are each an eclectic mix of music from all over the world, in many languages. They all start slow & build up to a quick paced boogy & quiet down again at the end for a cool off. I dance to at least one CD every day here. Between dancing, walking, teaching & Gim Apolo, where I work out, I can honestly say I feel that I am in the best shape I have ever been in in my life. Not too shabby for sixty.

Back to immersing myself in the local cultura. Hasta luego.