This has been a busy week. I am now up to 17 hours of teaching and that is all I’m going to take on. My classes range from an hour in length to two hours, with my favorite being the 1.5 hours. Classes range from beginner to advanced and ages are 7 years old to about 40. Four clients are male and one is female. I start my teaching week at 7:30 am Monday and finish at 7:00 pm on Friday. I walk to and from all of my classes, so am racking up the steps! According to my calculations, I do 17 teaching hours, 8 hours walking to and from work, and probably I’m down to 5 hours of prep time per week. I get paid $7.35/hour American for the teaching hours. It keeps me out of trouble! The walking is good so far; I’m a little apprehensive about the evening walks alone. I walk only on busy streets at night, avoid the park and one street with several bars on. I carry no money or valuables (except for my cell phone which I need). If I decide to, I can always take a taxi. They are very reasonably priced here.
My Spanish teacher is wonderful! She gives me three hours per week and Inlingua deducts my lesson cost from my paycheque. I still meet with Santiago (of airbnb) as time and schedules permit. He and his girlfriend just returned from the Galapagos Islands so he has been filling me in on dos and don’ts. He says the way to really see it is on one of the cruises. They stayed on the main island and saw the sights on that island.
I have not ventured to the Marsical (old part of town) yet or tried the bus out. I have been warned by many to avoid the buses because of the thieves. I’ll see what the weather is like tomorrow!
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