Its been awhile...

Alright, so I just about finished a blog and it got erased...so I am not quite sure if this will be exact...but its a quick attempt at posting something. Sorry that I haven't updated in a couple weeks. I have been experiencing so many things here and the thought of trying to communicate all those things to you guys is overwhelming. I just got back from Puerto Vallarta...which was amazing! We stayed at a resort where our rooms were as close to the beach as you can get! And...we had an all inclusive package which meant we wore these braceletes around and pretty much got whatever food and drinks that we wanted. Alright, well I think I will just write some random facts/experiences.



-They don't flush toilet paper here...yeah...they have trash cans right beside the toilets. I'll just leave it at that.
-Everyday I walk past about five different guys with huge rifles! There are security guards posted outside of every bank or expensive store. They always are holding rifles literally about 2-3 feet long...it still freaks me out to walk by them.
-Bus rides are here are like cheap disney roller coaster rides.
-Mexican men will call you all sorts of different names as you walk by but will almost always let you onto the bus first.
-Everyone greets each other with a kiss on the cheek.
-Papayas here are bigger than my head.
-Baking is pretty much unheard of. If you want cookies, you buy them premade. I wanted to make cookies for my family here... so I went to this huge grocery store only to find three bags of chocolate chips which were six dollars each!
-Pedestrian right away means nothing.
-Starbucks might be more popular here than in the US (just maybe).
-They have a completely different concept of food sanitation...at the grocery store all the eggs and milk are unrefrigerated. Weird.
-In Mexican Spanish phrases using the word "padre" (dad) always mean something cool and good and phrases using the word "padre" (mom) are almost aways bad and/or crass. A lot of my friends here say "que padre" which means "how cool" if the something similar were said using madre...it would be highly offensive. Interesting.

That is all that comes to mind immediately. I will try to do a better job of updating! Hope everyone is doing well!