Just the Begining

Just after I wrote my entry yesterday I became violently ill. I spent the entire day in my hotel room with what must have been food poisoning. Fortunately, I seem to be more or less better today. Though I still feel rather weak and sickly. I went to my host house for the first time today and it seems strange and interesting. It is an apartment on the 8th floor of a large, and seemingly run down building in which live a couple in their 60s, their son, a grandmother, and I have seen two maids so far. I have a small room with a bed and a closet. On the inside the apartment is airy and bright, and has lovely decorations. Dinner tonight should be a major test on my language skills, and it will be my first homemade Indian dinner! We had our first classes today and they went well. I am begining to remember what I learned last year. Oh yes, and I also rode a rickshaw for the first time today!