Bree Goes to Mexico: March 2010

So here's what I did this weekend. I went to Puebla, Mexico. Very fun, very beautiful (compared to the ghetto I'm currently in), way safer and jam-packed with Mormons. There are so many!!! I stayed at the ILP school with a couple other teachers while I was over there. So.

Step 1: Took a bus from Tehuacán to Puebla, slept over at the ILP school.

Step 2: Took a bus Saturday morning to Teotihuacan to look at some pyramids on the day of the equinox. When it was the equinox we all raised our hands up to the sun to get fresh energy. It's what you do. It was really cool.

Step 3: Wandered around on the pyramids and shopped for Several hours and got a great workout and a fabulous tan (come and get me, cancer). Yes Mom I wore lots of sunscreen.

Step 4: Returned to Puebla. 3 of us teachers collected their things and headed back to Tehuacán, Nelly and I stayed in Puebla.

Step 5: Spent time with the host families there. They all (all but one) live on the same street, which they actually own, and they're all related and all Mormon. How cool is that?! So we ate great food and had a blast. I love them. I adopted them as my real Mexican family in a heart beat. Then headed back to the school/ apartment to sleep.

Step 6: Woke up Sunday morning and walked up hill almost all the way to church. Gorgeous! I love Puebla. We got to go to church with several ILP teachers. That was neat. Oh and Dad, one of the new ones over there loves cars. We had a chat.

Step 7: Headed from church to the ranch of one of the host families. I ate rabbit, held it's descendants, milked a cow and nearly got blown over by wind. So fun :)

Step 8: Went back into town and hung out with the family. A new friend of mine who's a part of the family, Laura, took me, Nelly and Iron (another teacher) to Zocalo. It's basically down town. There was amazing architecture that looked very European, a parade type thing and all sorts of great stuff.

Step 9: Since they're all neighbors they tend to hang out in each others' houses all the time. We were in the Grandparents' house. We ate food and shared stories, pictures and recipes. What a blast that was :) And I spoke so much Spanish with them! How fun. :) I often get asked if I took Spanish classes before coming. Nope! Ha ha.

Step 10: Went back to the apartment, and in the morning Nelly and I left for home. A few hours later we were back in our town, got ready to teach and headed out the door. And here I am!