Studying at el Instituto

It's Wednesday already and I've been in Mexico for a week. Been at el Instituto since Monday morning.
I have classes 9am until 12 with two 10 min breaks and then we move out onto the patio for an hour's conversation with our Tutor. There are 5 of us students in the class so it's very intimate. I return to las Mariposas - a nice 10 minute walk - at 1pm for something light for lunch. Yoghurt and fruit with honey or a sincronizada (2 small tortillas filled with oaxacan cheese, sliced tomatoes and avocado toasted in a pan).
Return to school at 3pm for an hour's intercambio with a lovely girl called Dania who is from Oaxaca and at the end of a degree in Internationa Affairs (I think) at UAM: the huge University city in DF. We are supposed to speak a half hour in each language but she is so eager to learn to speak english better that I let her do so for 3/4 of the time today. My brain was about to explode anyway 'cos we were doing about 5 tenses all at once today.
From 4 - 6 we have a cookery class with a Zapotec lady called Serena, We made, or rather watched her make, and then we ate: Mole amarillo with beef on Monday, mole rojo, white beans and chicken yesterday and mole negro (with chocolate)and rice and chicken today. And, of course, home made tortillas. As you may have guessed Oaxaca is the home of mole.
Everyone's very friendly. Mostly americans but there are 2 irish in the cookery class. Mark from Dublin and Mary from Tipperary who won the trip at their college. They are on their way to the pacific coast to help with conservation projects. They both had no spanish at all so have stopped off on their way for 2 weeks to get the basics.
So - nothing very exciting to report. By the time I have a walk downtown and then get back here it's nearly 8. I shower and tidy up and start my emails etc. Oh - and my homework of course:)
More later on in the week xx