Hi all!
We left from
Portland yesterday morning at 6:55am and arrived in Mexico City (pop. 23 million) at 4pm. Monica's (Reed's exchange partner) parents and sister picked us up at the airport and drove us to Cuernavaca. It took about an hour and a half with some rush hour traffic in Mexico City. The drive was very beautiful after we got outside the city, very green and hilly with lots of trees and farms. We stopped on the side of the road in Cuernavaca and Monica's mother went in to a little market to buy food for us. Monica's parents and sister are very nice!
After we helped them pack up Monica's clothes, her father left to go back to Mexico City.
Monica's mother showed us around the house (she doesn't speak English so I had to listen carefully and try to understand what she was saying), we ate some gelatina (milky jell-o with fruity jell-o in clumps in it) and fruta (fruit) then Reed and I went to unpack. We kept saying that we brought too much stuff! Only time will tell, I guess.
Today, Monica's mother and sister (Sandra) are taking us around town to buy some things. Sandy will be taking the bus back to Mexico City but the mother (we can't remember her name) will be staying another day. So, tomorrow when Reed goes to school, I will be here with Monica's mother trying to communicate! Ah, my first taste of what the rest of the year will be like! :o)
Hasta luego!
3 comments:
"Ah, my first taste of what the rest of the year will be like! :o)"
Probably not. You'll be fluent by the time you get home. XOXO
Hang in there, sista! It will probably be wierdest to have some time to yourself, solamente REg, with no distractions. Hmmmm.... what trouble can you get into???
xx
J
What city is that in the picture, Cuernavaca or Mexico City? It certainly is huge!
You'll probably be wearing your Spanish dictionary for quite a while.
Su hermana.
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