We're Here !

Hey everyone ! We’ve arrived in San Pedro and have been busy getting to know our new home.  It is amazing here ! The weather has been beautiful, which made for a great day by the pool at Pedro’s Inn and swimming off the pier at Ramon’s. We’ve been trying all of the different places to eat, but I think my favorite place so far is the fruit stand.  For 1$, we each got a quarter of the freshest watermelon I’ve ever tasted. We attended the “Chicken Drop” on Thursday night, which if you have no idea what that is, it may come as a shock.  They have a big dance floor looking area, with a low fence and numbered squares from 1-100. They put a, slightly dizzy, chicken in the pen and people make bets on what number the chicken will poop on. It sounds crazy, but it was actually a lot of fun, and the live reggae band was excellent !

Friday morning we visited the schools we would all be working in.  We first went to San Pedro High School and it happened to be “share day”.  The students had put together different science, math, language and history presentations to share with their peers, younger students, and parents. They were all so excited to share their projects and it was easy to see that they LOVED school ! Next, we went to Isla Bonita Elementary school (did I mention that we walked on the beach the whole way to school?). I was placed with a Standard 5 class, around the age of fifth graders in the United States. Teacher Sharon is the teacher I will be working under and we have only 5 students in our class ! I’m so excited to start and to see how the teaching styles compare to the ones we use back home.

This morning we woke up and walked down the block to The Yoga Room where we did an ocean front yoga class. I can definitely see this becoming part of my weekend routine ! Afterwards we went to George’s Kitchen for one of the most delicious breakfasts I’ve ever had. Later, we took a bike ride to the northern part of the island. We had a lazy afternoon on the pier and took some cool pictures…More to come !