75 Palabras in Guatemala

El Monte | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 9, 2017February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

December 22, 2016: Today we went back to ‘El Monte,’ the same spot as the first. I’ve gone with her to three ‘montes’ but this is the first time I’ve returned to the same spot,[…]

Moler | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 6, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Moler means ‘to grind’ or ‘to crush.’ After we’ve toasted coffee beans over the plancha (stove) in the kitchen, Doña Rosario produced a wide cylindrical stone out of the other room where she keeps kitchen supplies.[…]

Cortar Café | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

My alarm went off at 7:17am. Already winning. On my second morning in my new pueblo of Santa Clara, I descended the stairs to find my host mom in her tasked cooking pace, donning her[…]

Cambio | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

January 5, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

In my many iterations of scooting furniture across tile, I resolved to deal with the loose change in a pile I kept moving from surface to surface. Like the avocados I polished yesterday, scanning each[…]

La Capacitación | (The Grit and the Polish of Training) 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Week 3 of training, I ate 5 tortillas during one lunch because I loved them so much and came home and broke the key to the house. Out of all the things I’ve managed to[…]

Tienes Sueño | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

On Sunday, November 27, I slept in. I slept in late. I slept til 1:30pm don’t tell nobody. When I wake up on the weekend, my host brother sees my drowsy figure appear and asks[…]

Piropos | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

November 17, 2016November 20, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

I went to Guatemala City for a doctor’s appointment. As I waited for my ride, a gentleman named Hector introduced himself to me. He was the guard in the building I just left. He asked[…]

Camionetas | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

November 15, 2016February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

If you live in America Central, you might use camionetas to get around. At 3 quetzales for a short ride, 3 quetzales equaling less than 50 cents, you can take the bus for 20 minutes at this price. To[…]

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Los Difuntos | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

October 31, 2016November 1, 2016 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Now I have heard of some strange things in my life, but tonight when my host mom told me we were going to eat breakfast with “the difuntos” in the morning and I googled “difuntos”[…]

Canche | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

October 30, 2016February 19, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

Canche means “blonde” but it has expanded its scope to simply mean “white folk.” And don’t confuse canche with cancha, because cancha is “soccer field.” Even though I’m not blonde, I’m a lot closer to a canche[…]