It’s impossible for me to tell how important something as nervous, challenging, dangerous and yet adventurous traveling to another country! Let alone that country and that community to be Cuzco, Peru. A place on the globe that I frankly no nothing about. I was content to a degree in the place I was before i made the trip here; Chicago Illinois, is the place I called home just a few days ago yet somehow Cusco Peru was calling me too. September 26th is when i arrived in Cusco after a quite pleasant twenty hour bus ride on “Cruz de Sur” from Lima. Greeted with just the unknown I can say I was more than nervous! Armed with the knowledge of knowing how to count to twenty, say hello, goodbye, thank you, and how much is it. I could only fantasize as to how easy life was going to be once I learned the language and could be understood. Somehow, I survived through the weekend and by good fortunes while having a conversation heard about Amauta Spanish School. This is just what i needed, a place, a community, that could be the guide to showing me the best time of my life. Did I find it? Yes with no hesitations. Im sure of it! Without the energy and the passion of the staff and the students I wouldn’t be having nearly as much fun learning about Cuzco, Spanish, and myself. Being introduced to people from all over the world: France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Surname, Brazil, Hong Kong, and other parts of Peru has shown me that I’m exactly where I need to be. The genuineness of the staff, the students and the surrounding neighborhood has a way of transforming your spirit to have an eagerness to learn more than ever before. Its been a week into my Spanish Classes and I’ve learned the basic neccisities of how to get around and get what I need; as well as congugations of words. The hardest process is learning how to transfer the personality that I already have with English into Spanish.

Being involved with Amauta Spanish makes me proud at the fact that I found what I was looking for in stability that comes with the organization of the school. Im excited that I can share a good experience with what was once a group of strangers but will surely be friends for a lifetime. I’ve been given the tools to change my life and all i had to do was be so brave as to come to Cuzco and allow myself to learn from others…

I have a feeling that this is just the begining of good things to come.