Last few days

Friday we went to many different places that were places that were difficult to handle. In the morning we went to the Church where Romero was killed and also his house. After being here for just a week, I realize what things are very important to the people and Romero is probably one of the most important figures here because he felt so much for the poor and the people of El Salvador. We also went to the house he lived and it was sureal that he used to live there on a day to day basis. The church was sureal also because to think that over 20 years ago he was killed at that place and there I was standing right there. After that, we went to a park where there was a wall in dedication to the people who were killed during the war. That was a little unbelievable because there were so many names and most likely that wasn´´t all of them either. After that we went to the UCA or the University of Central America. The university I heard is the best in central amercia and is a very hard school. It was also a very beautiful school with lots trees. There was a museum dedicated to the war and that was very interesting. We also looked at the pictures of the massacre of the Jesuit priests and it was very disturbing. The pictures were very graphic and almost sickening. The one that actually showed the people after they were shot made me so ill that I had to stop and pick it up again after a few minutes. Its hard to think that during these times people could have been so gruesome to not only other human beings, but people who only wanted to serve others and were so religious. We then went to the garden where the priests were killed and also saw the house where they had lived. I read about all of these events before but they didn´´t make such an impact on me until I saw them with my own eyes. I really didn´´t understand the importance of these events or even the importance of Romero before I came here. When I researched El Salvador, these things weren´´t what showed up and I guess you cant really tell whats important to a country until you see it and lately I have been feeling the importance of these events. Later that night, we went to a karoake bar. It was fun but I realized how little Spanish I know and how difficult this is. I sometimes wonder if I should have waited to come here till I understood Spanish better because I would have gotten more out of this whole situation. Saturday we went to the market and the beach. That was pretty amazing. I got to go into the Pacific ocean and I have never swam in the ocean before. After that I was exhausted. Today we went to mass in the Catedral which was a different experience for me because it was in Spanish and im not catholic. I felt doubly disadvantaged. We got to see Romero´´s tomb which was very cool. Sometimes I feel that im just beginning to understand the importance of Romero and that im being a fake by being interested in him. I do want to learn more about him and what he did for the people of El Salvador. The past few days were quite interesting and I cannot wait to go live with my family this week.