HAS ANYONE EVEN MISSED ME?!? It's okay...I have spent the last 2 weeks staring at my computer screen, my head in a book, and trying really hard to meet deadlines while having 6 hours of class on a usual day and even less sleep. But hey, I'm in Mexico and marriage equality is now legal in every state in the U.S. I shouldn't be complaining! Besides cranking out 5 papers in the last two weeks, I have also been living my life (a little bit). Let's get started, I know you're dying to know what I've been doing. (Maybe not, but I really could care less!) I have met some incredible people while here in Mexico and I would not be making it through this graduate program without their constant support and ability to make me laugh when the water was causing my insides to fall out. We spend a lot of time at this adorable café Antik eating French fries (or a whole pizza....), drinking a beer or two, and catching up on (or maybe just complaining about) work that needs to get finished.
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| Fresh made lemonade from a local restaurant. |
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| Celebrating one beer Wednesday! :) |
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View from the café Antik!
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Also, because walking about 2.5 miles daily just to and from school isn't enough we have also started going to the local spin class. We get our bootays worked while we laugh at the amount of music they play blasting the F word loud and clear. But, can't beat something to take our mind off of grad work.
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| "you can always make a better version of yourself" |
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| Don't mind my crazy eyes! |
So that's pretty much a daily week for us here in Guanajuato. "But what about the weekends Melissa, I'm DYING to know!"! Well, my impatient friend last Saturday we decided to hike the mountain located on the outskirts of the city. But, we had absolutely no idea where we were going so the 5 of us squeezed into a teeny tiny taxi and trusted he would take us to La Bufa. After about 15 minutes of Rebecca squishing me with her boney butt, the taxi driver said "Alli esta La Bufa". We were on the side of a road.....but we soon found the mountain and began to hike. After about 15 minutes we realized that we had walked in a complete circle around the bottom of the mountain. Once we figured out what we were doing, we had a great time looking at the breath taking views of the city and enjoying our free time. After the hike we walked over to La Pipila which is a huge statue that looks out over the city of Guanajuato. We took some pictures, rested and checked out the artisanal stands.
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| Guanajuato <3 |
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| Gang's all here! |
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| My beautiful friend from Idaho. Yes people live there and they play "FlippyCup" |
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| Mis amigos Jarred and Rebecca :) |
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| La Pipila |
After our nature filled day, we decided to go out dancing that night. We went to a salsa club and 3 salsa teachers helped us learn the basics. Rebecca and I tried our best, but unfortunately we dance like your typical gringas (a whole lot of enthusiasm and absolutely no rhythm). Jarred and Jessica refused to dance, but we still have plenty of weekends here to learn.
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| I forgot my phone when we went dancing, but I took this typical selfie afterward? |
So, that's about all I have to say about that. Mexico is amazing and I am absolutely loving this experience and NO I don't miss any of you. Just kidding :) I will be heading back to the States exactly one month from today, but I will share more before then (if you're not extremely bored by me yet).
Nos vemos pronto amigos :)
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