Day 1 in Mexico ☑️
6:30 p.m. - Arrived at Airport. Met program director. 7:10 p.m. - Arrived at host mom’s house. Met the “family” aka the 8 other women that are studying here for various lengths of the summer. 7:30 p.m. - Dinner with the family. No English at the dinner table. If so, there is a castigo (punishment) which consists of performing (singing, acting, etc.) for the dinner table. 8:40 p.m. - End of dinner 8:50 p.m. - Invited to see Neighbors 2 with two housemates. Took the 10 minute walk to the mall. 9:15 p.m. - Showed up late to the movie. It’s okay. Also the movie was completely in Spanish. Surprisingly I understood the majority of it! :) 10:30 p.m. - End of movie. We decided to go get snacks at what seemed to be the Walmart equivalent of Mexico. Naturally, I bought a Kinder Surprise Egg 11:25 p.m. - Made it home.
Things I learned today: • DON’T FLUSH THE TOILET PAPER | THROW IT AWAY!!! • There are lots of teacher strikes going on in my city right now • I arrived in rainy season. Hot in the morning with scattered showers throughout the day. • Apparently Oaxacan water isn’t safe to drink for the American immune system so I have to drink bottled water. Even the fresh veggies have to be cleaned with treated water! • Americans are paying too much for bottled water! I bought a liter of a popular water here for just under 45¢!
• You can buy a cheap motorcycle ($800-$1200) in the store I've deemed Mexican Walmart
Well I have orientation tomorrow and we’re going to go discover the Monte Alban Ruins so I need to go to sleep now!
Until next time, DeMya
6-11-16
