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Erin sings 80's songs into her beer bottle. We found a pretty sketchy place to sit above the Zocalo - Service: less than satisfactory, View: Fabulous!

A note on Bilingual-ism

EVERYONE SHOULD SPEAK SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
A. it is not hard
B. it opens up a lot of new venues for cracking jokes
C. bilingual conversations are more fun

and let's face it, Mexicans and Estadounidenses (those of us from the good old US of A, not "Americans", we're all Americans, thank you) aren't going to be able to avoid each other much longer. As my Ciencias Politicas Profesora was kind enough to point out, Mexico is taking back what it lost to the US in the Mexican American War. (hahaha, no, but seriously.)

In other news, I'm going to Mexico City this weekend, whereeee... GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL! matrimonio homoseuxal. Even sounds sexier in Spanish (see how fun it is to be bilingual?!) So, shame on you Maine, the capital of a country where women can't even dance together in clubs LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE AND YOU DIDN'T. Anyway, I found the only rainbow flag in the state of Puebla today, it's painted on the side of a sketchy building that's seemingly always closed. Nothing like a thriving, open gay community, right?

A picture of said lovely bandera is at the top. It's over on the right hand side. Might have to zoom in.

peace amorcitas

meebs

AMOEBAS!
These little buggers will destroy your life.
BUT ALL I EVER WANT TO DO IS EAT STREET FOOD!!



And the top photo is the school I'm teaching at, yo.

lovelovelove
liz

Maestra Liz

Whoever decided that I am qualified to teach children is doing a great disservice to the children of Puebla. Today I forced the kiddies to tell me their name and where they're from in English, it was like pulling teeth. It's like... I will never be like that in a Spanish class again, no one cares if you screw up!

In other news, today is my day off from class so I think I'm gonna head down to the Zocalo (central park area... with the big ass church and beautiful government building) and tomar some sol and a couple of micheladas. A michelada is beer, lime juice, salt and spicy tomato-y stuff. Definitely Mexican, they even spice up their beer.

Looking forward to ZOE AND MYANI'S VISIT! In like 8 days and 17 hours! We're going to spend their first couple days in Veracruz on the beach (I will get Myani in the ocean, mark my words), and then come back here so I can do some boring school work, and finally head to OAXACA to see TAYY!!!

les amo,
maestra liz

Mexiho

So we learn something new everyday here in Mexico. Today I learned a couple of interesting facts about this great country because it's EL DIA DE BANDERA! (Flag Day!)

1. The Mexican salute is strikingly similar to that of Hitler (See Plutarco Calles -->)

2. Marching is big here.

Anyway, today I started teaching English in a public school in Puebla. I will be teaching to 1st-6th grade students... UHHH, can 1st graders even read?? I feel as though there will be a lot of singing in that class.

Last night Erin, Eva, and I went to a Jazz concert in search of some cultural stimulation. Afterwards, we got McFlurries. Welcome to our Globalized World!

¡hasta luego, pendejos!