1st Week

Hey Everyone!
I have just about finished my first full week of school (it's Friday morning) and I have no saturday classes which is awesome! Tomorrow is India independence day so we have a ceremony at around 9:30am but then we are off for the rest of the weekend. School is picking up with quizzes and papers and what-not! I'm meeting so many new people now that my classes start, it feels like I meet another person everyday. I'm getting ajusted to the alititude but my hike from the dorms to the school still gets me out of breath. It's a 15 minute hike up to the school, but I guess it will keep me in shape - haha.
Until next time,
Catherine :)

I Have Arrived!

Hey everyone - so I am finally in India! Sorry it has taken so long to post something on here, I don't get too much access to the internet because there isn't wireless. My first day of school was on August 5 and so far everything is going well! I managed to switch out of physics and get into a class called Global Issues which I am very excited for, I have my first class in it today. This weekend I went to the bazaar (it's like a market place) with some friends and it was so much fun. We ate at a place called Rice Bowl and I got chowmein which was very good! haha! All the shops are so tiny and everything is really cheap. I love all of the jewelry and textiles over here - they are so beautiful. They don't have anything like grocery stores so if you want to buy your groceries you have to go to multiple places. Anyways, after that we went to a little cafe which reminded me alot of starbucks, they also have a dominos in the bazaar which is really funny. The cafeteria food is really good I think, I'm sure I will get tired of it after a while but I love it right now! Lots of India food which I actully hadn't really had before coming here and now I love it! It's all so flavorful because they use so many spices and so far (knock on wood) my stomach has been okay with all the curry, haha. Anyways I'm off to math class, I'm in studyhall right now, but I'm hoping I will be able to post more soon and tell you more about my travels.

Until next time,

Catherine :)