Today was a little boring, but overall good. I think I had a case of the Monday's in school today because I could hardly make it through my second class. It's difficult sitting in class for 1 hour and 40 minutes when I'm used to only 50 minute classes. :/ But I got my tests back today...87 and 95 percent. :) Not bad! I was pretty impressed actually. Now I just have to take my final exams for this session in 2 more weeks.
After school I came home and had a good lunch and took a nice nap! I did my homework and then went to the gym and had a nice workout. I hadn't been there in a while, so it was nice to get back into it.
Tonight I've just hung out and talked with Brian and my mexican friends about this week's plans.
Today's weather was wonderful! Bright and Sunny! :)
-Whitney
Monday, September 13, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Day 22, Week 4
Oh my goodness it's already week 4!
Today has been a definite day of rest and recooperation. My roommate and I have been sleeping and relaxing all day. :)We didn't get to Tonalá today for their artisan market they have on Sundays, but I have plenty more Sundays left to get there.
We finally went downstairs tonight for a good dinner and now I'm ready to get to sleep and be ready for class tomorrow. These mexicans are too wild for me!
This week will be a short week for school. We have Thursday and Friday off for the celebration of the bicentennial of independence and lots more festivities!
-Whitney
Today has been a definite day of rest and recooperation. My roommate and I have been sleeping and relaxing all day. :)We didn't get to Tonalá today for their artisan market they have on Sundays, but I have plenty more Sundays left to get there.
We finally went downstairs tonight for a good dinner and now I'm ready to get to sleep and be ready for class tomorrow. These mexicans are too wild for me!
This week will be a short week for school. We have Thursday and Friday off for the celebration of the bicentennial of independence and lots more festivities!
-Whitney
Day 21, Week 3
Oh yesterday was a good day!
My friends and I went to the cultural market in Guadalajara and roamed around there for a while. It mainly consisted of selling heavy metal music or accessories, something to do with the hobby of smoking marijuana, other clothes, or jewelry. I didn't find anything there but it was super cheap! We left the market and went to a town south of Guadalajara to Tlaquepaque. It was a very beautiful town that had streets filled with shops and food vendors. It reminded me a lot of Mazamitla, but nicer and more expensive. I bought a beautiful painting from an artist that only uses a metal spatula. It was very neat to watch him as he worked on another picture. We were there for around 3 hours and got caught in the rain too. It's nice that when it rains, it's usually only for a half hour so we just waited inside a shop. We took a bus back to the center and then my friend Lindsay and I took a cab back to our school and I walked home.
At night, we were invited to our new friend's house for a party. We all got ready and met at the school to "mexipack" several people into a car. That was definitely a funny experience! We all had so much fun, probably a little too much fun, but it was a wonderful time. :)
-Whitney
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Day 20, Week 3
I'm a little late on this post again...oops.
Yesterday, Friday, was a pretty fun day. I had my 2 midterm exams for school. They were both pretty easy, but we'll see just how easy when we get our grades on Monday. After our tests, some of us from school went out for lunch to a pretty cheap, good restaurant with Mexican food. We all went to a dessert shop after lunch to find something delicious. Megan and I found this shop on our walk home Thursday night when we were lost and it looked scrumptous! One of the friends from school has a girlfriend from Guadalajara and they both were with us, so they invited to come with them to a Cuban restaurant/bar after to try their authentic Cuban Mojitos. I didn't like it, but most of the people did. This was a really interesting restaurant because it's a chain called "La Bodeguita Del Medio" and it actually owned by the Cuban government. They also have live cuban music and the musicians are hired by the government and are "shipped" to the restaurants and their families are paid to prevent them from escaping. It was a very interesting situation. :)
Later on, my friend Jenny and I met up and we met some of the others at a Lebanese restaurant, where our German friend was going to be belly dancing. She was great! The Lebanese food was also pretty good. :) Jenny and I left later to go find bar/restaurant to hang out at. We found one and sat down and talked for a while before this guy came up to us and started talking. Him and his friend both sat with us and we all played a game of pool together. It was definitely difficult to get out of there with just ourselves because they both were very into my friend-haha. But we made it! :)
It was an eventful night for sure.
-Whitney
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Day 19, Week 3
I had a very adventurous, interesting day today.
We reviewed for our exams tomorrow in class and talked about inventions that we didn't have when we were younger. That was really funny to listen to our teacher talk about. :)
I came home and was really tired so I ate and then took a little nap. We went to the orphanage today, but could only stay for about a half hour before it started to rain. The area is outside that we play in, so we had to leave right away. The little guys were so cute though and remembered us pretty well. :)
We took the bus back to where we started, or where we thought we started. Megan and I got off at a different spot than the other two girls, but it turns out we had no idea where we were-haha. We were walking, in the rain, without umbrellas, with 1 peso short of 2 more bus tickets, and no cell phones for 3 hours. :) It was quite an adventure to say the least, but we finally made it home. I was so exhausted. We ate a good dinner and then I studied for my exams tomorrow.
I'm going out with our new mexican friends tomorrow night, so I'm pretty excited about that! I can't believe it's already Friday tomorrow again!
-Whitney
We reviewed for our exams tomorrow in class and talked about inventions that we didn't have when we were younger. That was really funny to listen to our teacher talk about. :)
I came home and was really tired so I ate and then took a little nap. We went to the orphanage today, but could only stay for about a half hour before it started to rain. The area is outside that we play in, so we had to leave right away. The little guys were so cute though and remembered us pretty well. :)
We took the bus back to where we started, or where we thought we started. Megan and I got off at a different spot than the other two girls, but it turns out we had no idea where we were-haha. We were walking, in the rain, without umbrellas, with 1 peso short of 2 more bus tickets, and no cell phones for 3 hours. :) It was quite an adventure to say the least, but we finally made it home. I was so exhausted. We ate a good dinner and then I studied for my exams tomorrow.
I'm going out with our new mexican friends tomorrow night, so I'm pretty excited about that! I can't believe it's already Friday tomorrow again!
-Whitney
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Day 18, Week 3
Today was a very uneventful, boring day. (haha) It was very rainy and gloomy all day. We got our first ride in the car today, because our mama brought us to school since it was raining. We've walked in the rain before, but today she just didn't want our legs to get wet. ? haha. So that was interesting!
In school we are preparing to take our midterm exams on Friday in both of my classes. I don't think they will be too difficult but I spent most of the afternoon/evening doing some studying.
Dinner was actually mexican food! (haha) Usually our mama makes lots of Italian dishes because she grew up in Italy. But we had gorditas, which is fried dough made of corn and beans in the middle, and we also had these quesadilla-like things that I forgot the name, but it is two tortillas with cheese and ham in the middle of it. :) They were both pretty good.
I'm not sure what's in store for tomorrow, but I'm off to bed!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AWESOME COUSIN LAUREN IRENE! :D
-Whitney
In school we are preparing to take our midterm exams on Friday in both of my classes. I don't think they will be too difficult but I spent most of the afternoon/evening doing some studying.
Dinner was actually mexican food! (haha) Usually our mama makes lots of Italian dishes because she grew up in Italy. But we had gorditas, which is fried dough made of corn and beans in the middle, and we also had these quesadilla-like things that I forgot the name, but it is two tortillas with cheese and ham in the middle of it. :) They were both pretty good.
I'm not sure what's in store for tomorrow, but I'm off to bed!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AWESOME COUSIN LAUREN IRENE! :D
-Whitney
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Day 17, Week 3
I had a great day today! :)
Except for the fact that I woke up early to take a shower and waited for 15 minutes to get warm water, which never arrived. But school was nice, it rained really hard during my first class but then the rest of the day was pretty decent. I had a hot chocolate today from the little store in our school. Oh my goodness was it good! They add cinnamon to it and it just makes for the perfect combination.
After school we had lunch and then I met up with my friends Jenny, Tara, and Annina at the big fountain here and then we took a bus to meet our friend Diego from last weekend. He drove us to Las Plazas Outlet Mall. It was a really nice mall, but it wasn't anything like the outlet malls in America, as far as discounted prices go. There really wasn't anything I was willing to spend almost the full price on. It was a good experience though. He brought us back to a bus stop and we took the bus back to the fountain and then I took another taxi back to my road. It's a great experience to ride on the buses with the locals. There were people selling music, playing music, and selling different ointments that supposedly were to cure EVERYTHING!
Dinner tonight was little but tasty. We had a hunk of mozzarella cheese with a cilantro sauce on it and then bruschetta. Since our mom grew up in Italy she makes wonderful Italian food. :) (Works out nice!)
My new friends from last weekend, along with my other friends from school, and I are planning some festivities in the upcoming days so I'm pretty excited! It's great to have Mexican friends, huh? ;)
Tomorrow we are visiting a hospital to volunteer like we did at the orphanage. That should be pretty fun.
Buenas noches,
-Whitney
Except for the fact that I woke up early to take a shower and waited for 15 minutes to get warm water, which never arrived. But school was nice, it rained really hard during my first class but then the rest of the day was pretty decent. I had a hot chocolate today from the little store in our school. Oh my goodness was it good! They add cinnamon to it and it just makes for the perfect combination.
After school we had lunch and then I met up with my friends Jenny, Tara, and Annina at the big fountain here and then we took a bus to meet our friend Diego from last weekend. He drove us to Las Plazas Outlet Mall. It was a really nice mall, but it wasn't anything like the outlet malls in America, as far as discounted prices go. There really wasn't anything I was willing to spend almost the full price on. It was a good experience though. He brought us back to a bus stop and we took the bus back to the fountain and then I took another taxi back to my road. It's a great experience to ride on the buses with the locals. There were people selling music, playing music, and selling different ointments that supposedly were to cure EVERYTHING!
Dinner tonight was little but tasty. We had a hunk of mozzarella cheese with a cilantro sauce on it and then bruschetta. Since our mom grew up in Italy she makes wonderful Italian food. :) (Works out nice!)
My new friends from last weekend, along with my other friends from school, and I are planning some festivities in the upcoming days so I'm pretty excited! It's great to have Mexican friends, huh? ;)
Tomorrow we are visiting a hospital to volunteer like we did at the orphanage. That should be pretty fun.
Buenas noches,
-Whitney
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