Burnt!

Days in México: 169

Today's blog post is a day late because I wasn't feeling well yesterday afternoon. I got pretty badly burnt on Saturday!

This week I was joined in Veracruz by Iina from Finland! She is the first of about 20 to arrive in my city. I went with Martha to the airport to welcome her, along with her first host family. At first I was a bit lost for words because I knew what to say in Spanish but forgot how to say it in English! As more exchange students arrive, we will all go out together and become good friends which is one aim of the youth exchange program.

Welcome!

Friday night I went to the movies with my family and some family friends. We saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I haven't seen the previous movies in the series but I really enjoyed it. We then went out for dinner and ate tacos from my favourite Mexican restaurant. My taco count is now at 126 but we are about to eat home-made tacos for lunch which are really delicious so it will probably reach 130 by the end of the day.

Tacos for lunch!

When I was on Skype with my family last Friday, my mum commented on how happy I looked. I thought about it, and I am probably the happiest now than what I have been for a couple of years. I have never been an unhappy person, but I am really enjoying my life in Mexico. I have definitely settled in and am loving my exchange.

Saturday was a lovely warm day so I went to the beach with some friends who I met when I first arrived in Mexico. I had a really great time but unfortunately it will be one of the last times I will see them because they will be moving away to different cities for university which starts in the next couple of weeks. I was there for 4 hours and re-applied sunscreen 4 times but still got badly burnt. It is probably the worst I have been burnt in my entire life! The sun rays a lot stronger here than what they are in Perth!

Badly burnt!