Vacaciones

Days in Mexico: 68

Week 1 of holidays has been relaxing and really nice.

On Monday I caught up with some of the other exchange students who are in the same city as me. We went to the beach and then had a water balloon fight. Some other friends joined in as well so there were more people to fight against. It was a 35 degree day with high humidity so I was glad I could spend it keeping cool. It was lots fun and a great way to start holidays!

Keeping cool

Tuesday came with a weather change. I was so cold and windy that one of the trees outside the house fell down! The strong wind here is called 'norte' and it comes with a light cloud cover normally during the afternoon. Sometimes it's only a light wind which brings a nice cool change to a hot day but other times (like on Tuesday) it was strong and dangerous. It wasn't a good day to go out so instead I had a lazy day. My sister and I had movie marathon and caught up on sleep.

Wednesday I went to the plaza and the movies with friends. We saw Divergent which was shown in English with Spanish subtitles. It was a really good film and it was nice to watch something in English. The only problem was when we stepped out of the cinema, I forgot that I was in Mexico so I started speaking in English because that was what I had heard for the previous two hours. It took a couple of minutes to adjust back to Spanish but it was a weird sensation.

During Thursday I spent some time with Diego (my host brother.) We had a brother-sister bonding session over racing cars on the Xbox. I lost the first race by a lot but after I changed controllers I came back and won the next two. He then won the next one and then we had to go so we will have a final game to break the tie some time next week.

Game on!

Easter is a bigger celebration in Australia than it is here in Mexico. Last year we went to church on Friday morning and to a dawn service on Sunday which was followed by a big lunch with my family at my house.
Today (Good Friday) we started the day with an earthquake! At 9.27 the magnitude 7 earthquake hit the west coast and tremors were felt all over the country (I live on the east coast.) It was my first ever earthquake and it was a really weird experience and we have been told to expect more in the coming days. We spent the day relaxing and swimming in the pool for most of the day with our neighbours.

Diego, Dany and I

During this week I sent in confirmation that I will be going on a tour with Rotary at the beginning of May! I will be going to see some of the remains of the Aztec ancient civilization and other parts of Mexico with the other exchange students. It is only in a couple of weeks time and I can't wait!

On a final note, as of next week I will be publishing my blog on Sunday instead of Friday. This means I will have more time during the weekend to write it.