Just a couple days in Mexico…

It is kind of amazing how much a couple days can hold.

Yesterday, when I woke up there was not a cloud in the sky and the sun was shining finally! Sol and I walked into town so that I could get a better idea of how to get places by foot.  I got a glimpse of my school and it looks beautiful, tomorrow I start the orientation week for international students.  It will be nice to chat with some people in english for a bit lol.  After walking around the city a little bit more we went to see the Museum Mummies in another part of the city. It was quite interesting and I saw the smallest mummy in the world.  Afterwards I accompanied Sol to one of her cousin’s houses (she has many many cousins) for a birthday celebration.  It started off with just a couple of family members sitting around the table for dinner and then more and more arrived and it was a real fiesta I guess you could say.  There were aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, grandmothers and grand-daughters, second-cousins with lots of dancing.  It was all very merry and I was really happy to be a part of it.

Today was another nice day but not as warm.  Sol and i went out on another adventure in the early afternoon.  First we visited some of her friends who were from puerto rico and are building a house here.  It’s not finished yet but it was beautiful and they were very interesting.  A little while later we continued into the city again to check out the Pipila statue that overlooks the city.On our way into the city we came across a parade.  There were multiple batallions of drummers and a group of girls dressed in beautiful white dresses on their way to their first communion.  For some reason I found it really moving.  Lovely, lovely, lovely. I remembered my camera this time so I took a couple pictures while i was up there. Well I look forward to the next couple days again!  I miss you all! P.s. I gave my family a bottle of good maple syrup and they seemed very pleased!

Ciao!

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