Santa Rosa Viterbo

Hola!

For my Contemporary Art and Culture course (in which I am the only foreign student in 3 sections!) we went to what I thought was going to be an art museum. We all took the bus downtown and got off in front of this gorgeous old Catholic church! The name was Santa Rosa de Viterbo (St. Rose of Viterbo, anyone know who she is?) and it was built in 1752. It is built in the Baroque style and it is so gorgeous. Here is the link to all the pictures! Same password, Mexico. http://ginasadventuresinmexico.shutterfly.com/  After the museum, three friends and I walked around downtown again. We went to a Creperia, or a crepe shop! They were soooo good! We had a really good time!

So far everything else is going well. Classes are starting to accumulate work. With my two literature classes, I have a lot of reading. But it has been interesting to learn. We have a ton of group projects here, so I have been getting to meet a ton of new friends. I also signed up for an extra fitness class, rock climbing! There is an outside rock wall here at the school, so that has been fun to get to do that a few days each week! I will come home with a lot of arm strength haha! On Saturday, there was a lunch at my rock climbing instructors house for all the students. About 30 of us went. He barbaqued for us and it was really good! There were quesadillas, grilled beef, grilled onions that everyone just ate raw with lime juice, and yummy pico de gallo. They served everything on tortillas warmed on the grill. It was a blast! The only two other international students there were two girls from Germany. For a while, everyone thought I was from Germany too! The only thing about the party is that I didn't realize that when someone says "come over at 1:30", it actually means 3:00 or later : ) Mexican culture I guess! So the German girls and I hung out for a while until everyone came.

Hope you are all doing well!

Love,

Gina

*I'm not sure the photos worked the first time, so I put them up again!