Hola from Mexico!

As of today, I’ve been in Mexico for two full days and it’s been very interesting.  We went on a tour of the city and, as predicted, it was nothing like I expected. Compared to Venezuela, everything is very different. For one, in Venezuela there were roads, while here, most, if not all of the roads are made with pieces of slate with mortar in between.  It’s very cool. Another difference I noticed was with the society. In Venezuela, most people are either very rich or very poor, and there are few in between. Here, however, most people seem to be middle class. All of the houses are very similar looking, and it seems like most people where the same quality of clothing.

Another interesting thing about the city is all the nightlife there is, especially on the weekends. Just in the past two days I’ve seen a clown/mime show, 2 parades, a presentation with a bull costume and some bull fighters, and a traditional indigenous dance complete with costumes and headdresses. And all of this was just in the middle of the street downtown.

Something I found very interesting is right downtown there is a Starbucks and a Champ’s, but I have seen no sign of a McDonald’s. This is especially strange for me since there were three McDonald’s in the small town I was in in Venezuela, but nothing else from the United States.

The house I’m staying in is on top of a mountain, which is awesome as far as the view goes, but a B to come up every day. Going down is a cinch. I can get to the school in a little under 20 minutes, but coming back up is so hard. Even tonight, when it was chilly, I was out of breath and sweating coming up they hill. You don’t even want to know what it was like coming up the hill this afternoon for lunch.

The family I’m staying with is so adorable. It’s just a mom and her 13-year-old daughter, but they get along so well and seem like they are best friends. I’ve never seen a relationship like theirs at home.  Yesterday the mom made rice, salad and some type of pork cutlet for lunch, and afterwards we had a platano cut up with condensed milk on top. It was so sweet and delicious. Today, we had fresh fruit and pancakes for breakfast, and I have to say the mangos here are so much better than at home. Then for lunch, we had mac’n’cheese, but with spaghetti instead of macaroni, and some kind of tuna casserole that had bread instead of noodles and some really hot peppers. That was also delicious.

Well, I think that’s all for now, I’m exhausted and still have homework to do.

Adios,

Lexi

Location: Guanajuato, Mexico