More photos.
The yellow house has 7 international students in it – 4 of the 10 Canadians, my house has another 2 of us. The streets and sidewalks here are crazy, designed by a committee of mad scientists (engineers?).
That photo is before we left for the house party last wednesay. Breanna, me, Sonya and Robyn. (For fun, start looking for booze bottles in any house pictures. It’s EVERYwhere.)
The Ram is the school mascot. The statue is at the entrance, and looks kinda funny. Not as funny as my bedhead, after two days of high fever though.
Maria is waiting patiently, as is Sonya. We were all killing time until Breanna got everything ready, and found Cyrill. We all travel with water bottles everywhere we go – no water fountains to drink from here.
The next pictures are from the Zocalo, the central square. Which even has a Scotia Bank – I win, no one else has their ‘own’ bank here. No fees plus if I lose my card, it can be replaced. (Amanda may have forgotten hers at home, and so is rather screwed.)
We went to the Jardin Borda, which my guide book tells me were built in 1738, and in 1866 became the summer residence of the (French) Emperor of Mexico Maximilian and his wife. They used to have way more varity of plants, but are still pretty. Plus, there are couples lying in the grass making out everywhere, which is funny. There are also vendors selling crafts. The first picture of Amanda has her between Sonya and Maria – Amanda is 21, international studies major. Her boyfriend is in the special forces on his way to Iraq, he’s the kind who parachutes in to enemy territory first or something, so you can imagine she’s freaked out. There are lots of butterflies here – some very pretty. (Unlike Breanna’s armpit hair.)
We got 6 of the 10 housemates together at once, which is I think an actual record. Too many of us, plus rooms in 3 buildings and two kitchens means we never all accumulate at once.
I plan to go back and a row boat and paddle around that pond. For 20 pesos an hour, how could I resist? I also want to take John to that little restaurant, it’s so cute. It’s more expensive than many places around it, but we’re still talking 69 pesos for the plate of the day (soup, salad, main dish, beverage and desert).
***Conversision Rate*** Pesos to USD – 10 pesos = 1USD. CAD – 7 pesos = 1CAD. ***
Aren’t those little leather shoes just so CUTE??
Pictures of the churches on the main church compound.
I like the juxtaposition of the colonial architecture and the modern technologies – you see that kind of thing everywhere.
The BIG stone building is Palacio Cortez, build between 1522 and 1532, build on top of a pyramid that bastard destroyed. It later became a prison, which it totally looks like, then government offices and now a museum. We had a breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack (depending on who you asked) at a restaurant facing the building.
After that, we went to el Supermercado and did that thing we do so often – bought groceries. Because of the massive amount of veggies we eat, things don’t keep long. Luckily, there are some stores in our neighbourhood, so we can get some of the stuff near here. Beckie and Kelly, who are sharing food, have a massive amount of caned and dried and processed food. Breanna is vegetarian and tries to eat as much raw food as she can. Robyn wants her American comfort food. Xavier eats pasta and rice and grilled cheese sandwiches. Sonya eats lightly, and healthily. Me? I eat whatever, not too much, fruit or veggies at every meal. Needless to say, we are not like the yellow house next store, who eat psuedo gourmet meals together every night. We can’t all manage to be in the same room at the same time, let along EAT together every night. Strange how different and quickly house dynamics grow.
The yellow house has 7 international students in it – 4 of the 10 Canadians, my house has another 2 of us. The streets and sidewalks here are crazy, designed by a committee of mad scientists (engineers?).
That photo is before we left for the house party last wednesay. Breanna, me, Sonya and Robyn. (For fun, start looking for booze bottles in any house pictures. It’s EVERYwhere.)
The Ram is the school mascot. The statue is at the entrance, and looks kinda funny. Not as funny as my bedhead, after two days of high fever though.
Maria is waiting patiently, as is Sonya. We were all killing time until Breanna got everything ready, and found Cyrill. We all travel with water bottles everywhere we go – no water fountains to drink from here.
The next pictures are from the Zocalo, the central square. Which even has a Scotia Bank – I win, no one else has their ‘own’ bank here. No fees plus if I lose my card, it can be replaced. (Amanda may have forgotten hers at home, and so is rather screwed.)
We went to the Jardin Borda, which my guide book tells me were built in 1738, and in 1866 became the summer residence of the (French) Emperor of Mexico Maximilian and his wife. They used to have way more varity of plants, but are still pretty. Plus, there are couples lying in the grass making out everywhere, which is funny. There are also vendors selling crafts. The first picture of Amanda has her between Sonya and Maria – Amanda is 21, international studies major. Her boyfriend is in the special forces on his way to Iraq, he’s the kind who parachutes in to enemy territory first or something, so you can imagine she’s freaked out. There are lots of butterflies here – some very pretty. (Unlike Breanna’s armpit hair.)
We got 6 of the 10 housemates together at once, which is I think an actual record. Too many of us, plus rooms in 3 buildings and two kitchens means we never all accumulate at once.
I plan to go back and a row boat and paddle around that pond. For 20 pesos an hour, how could I resist? I also want to take John to that little restaurant, it’s so cute. It’s more expensive than many places around it, but we’re still talking 69 pesos for the plate of the day (soup, salad, main dish, beverage and desert).
***Conversision Rate*** Pesos to USD – 10 pesos = 1USD. CAD – 7 pesos = 1CAD. ***
Aren’t those little leather shoes just so CUTE??
Pictures of the churches on the main church compound.
I like the juxtaposition of the colonial architecture and the modern technologies – you see that kind of thing everywhere.
The BIG stone building is Palacio Cortez, build between 1522 and 1532, build on top of a pyramid that bastard destroyed. It later became a prison, which it totally looks like, then government offices and now a museum. We had a breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack (depending on who you asked) at a restaurant facing the building.
After that, we went to el Supermercado and did that thing we do so often – bought groceries. Because of the massive amount of veggies we eat, things don’t keep long. Luckily, there are some stores in our neighbourhood, so we can get some of the stuff near here. Beckie and Kelly, who are sharing food, have a massive amount of caned and dried and processed food. Breanna is vegetarian and tries to eat as much raw food as she can. Robyn wants her American comfort food. Xavier eats pasta and rice and grilled cheese sandwiches. Sonya eats lightly, and healthily. Me? I eat whatever, not too much, fruit or veggies at every meal. Needless to say, we are not like the yellow house next store, who eat psuedo gourmet meals together every night. We can’t all manage to be in the same room at the same time, let along EAT together every night. Strange how different and quickly house dynamics grow.
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