Carey Family Chapter One: Tour of Carrillo
My family lives in Alaska and my kids attend a dual language Spanish Immersion school. They have a base line understanding of Spanish. I felt like they needed true immersion in a Spanish speaking community to take them to the next level. I found exactly what we needed when I discovered Na’atik. What an amazing opportunity to learn Spanish off the beaten path and stay in a home with a Spanish speaking family! We are currently in the middle of a two week Na’atik stay in Filipe Carillo Puerto. I am here with my 3 kids (ages 13, 9 and 7) as well as my mother.
On our first day, Na’atik took us on a Carillo town tour. Our guide, Ananias, introduced us to the local fruit store including jack fruit and dragon fruit. It was my kids’ first time eating dragon fruit “pitaya”.
We finished the tour with sweets from the Central Square. We bought marquesitas.
They are crepes filled with cheese and Nutella.
Jeannie and her family joined us for the Study Abroad Yucatán program in May and June of 2018. They dove right in to everything and quickly became a part of the community. Be sure to check out chapters two, three, and four of their blog series. And if you're interested in family travel at Na'atik also be sure to look at posts from some of our past travelers like the Fernandez-MacGregor family: chapter one, two, three, and four.
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The best way to experience the Mexican lifestyle is in person, with a Na’atik Immersion experience. Not only do you live with a local Mexican-Maya family, sharing home-cooked meals and free time, but also receive expert instruction in your chosen language at our school. Best of all, every immersion experience helps fund our subsidized and free local education program, helping local students to access opportunities and make their own futures.