I love Salsa!

Not the food silly(though I like that too), but the dance! Last night we had our first Salsa lesson, oh it was fun. I learned the basic steps at a party a couple of years ago, but this was so much more advanced it was hard and fun!


OK, so the pictures are, taxi drive through Guanajato, I'm in the front, the rest of the gang is in back. I got lucky cause I'm grande! yep chi, chi, chi, chia. Sold at the market at the feria. Yep, lucha libre masks sold at a local tienda. The gang in Hildalgo. The strongman pose has been one we've been doing since the first day, there is a story, but it might be forgotten. Carlos demonstrating a method of torture for us!

Sorry I haven't kept things up to date this week. It's been hectic here for some reason. Lots of homework and stuff. But, I made it through OK, not great, but OK.

We went to a botanical garden earlier this week. Originally, it was a home built for Maximilian to live with his amante (lover). He lived there for a while but was exiled pretty soon after he came into power. It's a strange and interesting story. Eventually it was taken over by the son of his opponent who was also a preist. It was supposed to have plants from all over the world, but for some reason that hasn't happened. It's late in the year for many of the plants so I didn't take a bunch of pictures. I'll load them later.

I am the proud owner of a mexican sim card for my phone. What does that mean? Well, it means my phone is on seasonal hold, I'll have it back on December 9th. If you call my phone, I have no idea what message you will hear. But, I don't think it will be my message. Now, I have mexican phone rates, kind of a pay as you go. It's about 1 cent a minute for local calls and 8 cents per minute for long distancia.

This weekend, Saturday to be specific, we are going to Xochicalco. It is a place with a lot of pyramids that are still intact. We saw a movie in our civilization class a couple of weeks ago that was filmed in part here. The movie was called "la otra conquista" or The Other Conquest. About the religious conquest in Mexico. It will be fun to seem them and to climb them! Going up them is always better than going down. Stephanie is terrified of hights, so I don't know if she will go up, but you know I will !!!!!