Hey Friends and Family!
Emee here:
You would not belive how hard it is to keep up on blogging down here. We are so much busier than we thought we would be with school and after school activities, excursions and weekend trips ( a hard life I know;) And half the time when we are ready to blog the power goes out:) But hey as we are learning that is just part of Mexican life down here.
In the past few weeks so much has happened. James and I (along with the rest of our group) went to Oaxaca ( which is 7 hours away via bus) which is beautiful! If you think that Oregon is green and beautiful, it pales in comparison. It was an interesting experience in so many ways, one being that Oaxaca is one of the more idenginous states and white poeple in this region are rare..... therefore lots of staring....but James and I have pretty much gotten used to people yelling ´Wheta(o) or gringa(o) almost everywhere we go. While in Oaxaca we got to visit Monte Alban ( an archeological site), the birth place of black pottery, and see one of james´s good friends Camillo who now lives there, as he is working for Adventures in Life Ministry. On Sunday when we got back, My parents were at our house waiting for us which definitly began one of my favorite times down here.
My Parents were here with us and attending school for 18 days. While they were here we went to Taxco which is a silver mining town that was built on the side of a mountain and is beautiful! Our days were filled with going to school, swimming, playing raquette ball, ping pong, eating tacos, going to La Terraza ( one of the local resterants), and of course watching the presendial debates. At the end of 14 days we all went to Mexico city, where James and I got to take my parents to see the Cathedral in the main zocalo, the national palace ( which has many paintings done by Diego Rivera) the Palace of fine arts, Teotihacan... to climb the piramids and last but not least a soccer game in the Aztec Stadium. Our time was so full and rich... I was sad to see them go, but James and I will be home again in 6 short weeks.
The day after my parents left, James, Erin, Tiffany and I went to Acapulco together which was so much fun.
We booked hotel rooms that had kitchens so that we could cook for ourselves which has been one of the things that I have missed doing.. especially since I don´t always care for the food made in my house. While in Acapulco we saw the cliff divers , which was exciting and nerve racking all at the same time. I convinced myself that someone was going to die, diving from 50 plus feet into the ocean at night. But they were all wounderful!
The rest of the time was spent at the beach swimming at Puerto Marques and going ( or in my case attempting) warm water surfing.
We have now been back in school for a little over a week. This last weekend we went into Mexico City on both Saturday and Sunday. On Satuday we went to the house of Frida Kahlo and road on Mexican style gondalas in Xochimilco. On sunday a group of us went back for what is the biggest soccer game in Mexico aside from the world cup.. the Chivas ( Gaudalajara) vs. America(Mexico City) game.
There were over a hundred thousand people in the stadium... needless to say it was an intense experience. During the pre game they had Pele come out on to the field... Pele is one of the most famous soccer players in Latin American History...soo cool! Chivas ending up winning 2-1!I was happy as they were who I was rooting for!
And now we are back at school until on thursday when we take off for Gaunajauto for the weekend. Promise to blog soon as we will be experiencing the day of the dead here on the 31st. Take care. We miss you all!
