anyways, so we wait for like an hour or so, then we finally board and they were like, oh actually we are now waiting for a spare part for another plane in Houston (that’s where our connecting flight was), so we waited another half hour or so, then we finally took off! we left super late, so we were kind of nervous that were gonna miss our connecting flight to mérida. haha when we were on the plane, I was so soooo thirsty, so I was like, hey can I get an apple juice AND a water bc im super thirsty, (and i LOVE apple juice) so she gave me both. She poured the juice and the water, then she just handed the can and the bottle to me. ha it was hilarious bc the bottle was huge! So the plane lands right when our other flight is supposed to take off, so we book it, and I mean SPRINT across the airport- and lemme tell ya, the Houston airport is HUGE. Anyways, so I book it to the gate and I was like hey has it left yet? and the flight attendant was like, no but its already closed, and I was like, well theres like 15 of us at least. and hes like 15? and im like yeah, so he goes back to the plane and everyone else shows up and they are like freakin out and im like, its totally cool, we got this. So anyways he comes back and this crazy awesome lady from mérida (she was on the first flight w us, just headin back home) goes up to the counter and starts freakin out and demanding to get on the flight. It was awesome.
ok so anyways.. after this huge crisis, we finally end up boarding the plane. hallelujah. we board and we are like, sweet we are so ready to go. nope. guess again. the pilot gets on the PA system thing and hes like, ok we finally have the spare part for our flight, so they are going to fix the plane then we will leave. haha, it was hilarious bc on our other flight I was like, hey wouldn’t that be funny if the spare part was for our other flight? ya we totally brought the part with us from Houston. we saved the day. fixing the plane pretty much took forever, so the pilot gets on the PA system and hes like, “This morning I was at the discount tire..and…" jaja so anyways, we finally take off and we start practicing Spanish and im like super rusty and horribly nervous/excited and everything. so we fill out the forms to get into mexico and finally land!! ha we landed like almost 2 hours late, but I was just so happy to finally be here! then we get off and the first guy I see looks exactly like Al Escobar. except he had a bigote, jaja! seriously, I was like, Al?! anyways, so we walk down this hall and there is this down ramp, then another, then another, and im like crud, where the heck is this taking me? we just kept going down further and further. mexico. so then we go through security and then we got our luggage (super different than en los estados) and went through the aduana. The line was super long and I met a cute old couple- George y Wilma. They were talking about how I will love mérida and how its so tranquila aqui. Y que me gustaria la proximidad a la playa!! Jaja!! anyways I went through the aduana and I was like, crud where do I go now? so then this security lady asked me for my passport and I was super nervous. she told me to push some red button thing and I had no idea what she said, so she said it again, and I was like, ooh. so then I pressed it and shes like, ok you are clear. entonces, I went through the doors and there were tons of people and I finally saw profe laraway and his face was a good one to see! Then I met my host family, mama Carmen, o Carmita. then I saw David Herrera and his new lil bro jose was like, are you guys companeros? Y I said si. …no no, solamente amigos. Haha I thought he said compadres or something. Anyways, im still super nervous at this point and we leave w mama Carmen and get outside and see las palmeras and im so in love with this place! we just start speaking with and most of my nerves have dispelled (a lil bit. not really dispelled. more like settled-ish) at this point. well actually im still nervous, just not as much and mostly just excited at this point. so then we are driving through merida and I just am loving every min of it! the more I see of it, the more I like it! so then we finally get home and it’s the cutest house ever! we meet Carmita's familia y she has (btw for the record its super hard to type in English, I keep wanting to type in Spanish, so we will see how long that lasts…) anyways, she has 2 girls and one is married. They are few years older than us, and they are cool and super funny!
The next morning I woke up to some crazy sounding bird. I have never heard anything like it before. i later learned that bird is called a cau (sp?)- its pronounced like 'cow'. It also smells different here. Like i can’t stop inhaling. its like rubber mixed with hot dogs mixed w petroleum. or something like that. kinda hard to explain.. haha. im just trying to take it all in. our room is super cute and there is a piscina in the backyard and its on this cute lil patio! I just love it! Also,im enjoying this humidity but it will be nice to cool off en la piscina. also, I cant wait to go to la playa. haha I just heard this bird sqwack and it sounded like it had a bazooka lodged in its throat.
its super late and this post is like longer than... something thats really long... so youll just have to settle for a list of what we did yesterday.
Fuimos al Universidad Modelo. Saw our first iguana. Took some busses (they are camiones in spanish- for future reference).
Got whistled at. Twice. And honked at...
Came home. Ate awesome pork rice stuff w lechuga. it was awesome.
Went swimming :)
Went to the bank.
Drank some mexican pop that tasted like banana laffy taffys.
Saw the oldest church in the americas. super awesome cathedral that i cant remember the name of..
Walked around el centro.
Met freddy- ha.. if that was even his real name...
Walked around a cool store where we looked at hammocks and cool hippy hoppy hats or something like that
Got amazing ice cream from el colon.
Then some random dude played somewhere over the rainbow w a saw and a screwdriver...
Took forever to get home...wit took forever to find a bus that would take us and we had to walk super far and i had a huge headache, but we found the Eiffel tower and took awesome pics w it.
Today was incredible, but its late and im surprised that my brain is still working-ish, so me voy a la cama. ill fill you in on today, tomorrow.
Ps sorry about all the run ons and horrible grammar. Im typing super fast and i really dont care. at all. J
amor y besos,
jilly
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