We have arrived!
After arriving at the Ottawa airport at 10:30am on Thursday morning, we eventually made it to our hotel in Monterrey around 2am. It wasn't supposed to take that long... but things get a little slowed down when your airplane airconditionning breaks down, and Chicago gets a little windy and decides to change all of the departing airstrips, and your plane starts to run out of gas and results in an unplanned stop in Oklahoma City. You'll be happy to now that all of MY bags arrived safely (all 5), but the one bag that happened to get lost was that belonging to my father. Fortunately, it did show up at our hotel the next morning.
We had a chance to make a quick stop at my school yesterday to drop off my bags so we could travel around a little more easily. It looks like a pretty great place - very organized and professional. It is in a very nice part of town, and we drove by my apartment (I don't get the keys until next week) and it looks like it will work out perfectly.
This city is amazing. It actually is surrounded by mountains (though the view isn't always crystal clear) and there is a huge nature park (Chipinque) a few minutes drive from downtown. We went up there yesterday and had a pretty neat view of the city. There were butterflies all over the place - nothing like in Canada.
Today we went to Grutas de Garcia- some very old caves about 45 minutes outside of the city. They are inside one of the big mountains, and were very impressive. Though we didn't get much from the Spanish tour, a nice Mexican took us under his wing and filled us in on the important details.
A few observations about life in Monterrey (and Mexico)
-the drivers are crazy! My heart rate goes up the minute we get in the car. Luckily, my father can compete with the best of them so everything has been fine so far.
-Mexican salsa is NOT like salsa in Canada. I may not have much of a tolerance for spicy things, but this stuff is crazy! I've tried it twice and I think I am going to take a little break.
-everyone (when not driving a car) is very friendly and helpful; people don't even mind me trying out my very broken spanish
I will write more later but for now we are off for afternoon naps (we're trying to fit right in here) before we visit the Museum of Mexican History and go out for dinner.) And hopefully next week, when I get my computer I will get some photos up!
xoxo
Ginny
posted by ginny @ 4:28 PM
3 Comments:
Hey Ginny,
I am so glad that you have arrived safe and sound. I am not surprised that your flight took longer than planned, you must have been running on Mexico time. Every time I have been to Mexico my flights have been delayed or something. I look forward to hearing more of Ginny's adventures in Mexico!
Take care xo
Hey G,
Also glad you're safe- also not surprised it took longer than expected! I was once on the airstrip in India for an extra hour with no AC because my airline (a cheap-o little local one) hadn't paid their fuel fees yet! Makes you appreciate North America, eh?! Anyway, the mountains sound gorgeous- I have never seen mountains before, so I am a lil' jealous! Yep, I bet I would loooove the salsa there. I am sure you can ask for 'gringo' salsa at certain places. Ya never know though, you might come home a spice queen! Well, enjoy all the sight seeing. It's pretty normal here in London, except we're having record high temps. Other than that I am just hanging out prepping for the wedding. Have fun!!
Hey Gins!
Glad you have arrived safely and with all your MANY bags!!
I'm sure the salsa is yummy - I'm sure you will learn to survive with the food there! I still remember when you asked if the Chinese Restaurant had chocolate milk at my birthday party!!! CLASSIC! Enjoy the margeritas and I'm looking forward to seeing some photos soon!
Nothing too much going on here. It's INSANELY hot!! I'm going home to Ottawa this weekend, so that will be fun. That's about it!
Take care!!
xoxo Nic
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