So turns out I had that District Conference Blog written all along and just forgot to publish it! Oops!! So, after the conference, Rosemary and Niki stayed at my house for the week, and we went to the beach, hung out, went dancing, were actually fairly lazy but that's fine, it was just fun to be together! (*awwww haha) That weekend was supposed to be a good bye party in Culiacan, a city in northern Sinaloa, above Mazatlan. Turned out that the powers that be didn't have time to plan it because of some issues with a couple exchange students, so [View Full Entry]

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Had a funky little adventure day on Sunday! Went with some friends hiking to the waterfalls near Mismaloya. We left early-ish on Sunday morning, Lorena and I met Olivia at her house, where Lalo and Marlon picked us up. Then we stopped at a convinience store to pick up some water and snacks, and met two more of Marlon's friends. And off we go It's an amazing drive towards Mismaloya. It's a drive awaaayyyyy from the city, right along the ocean. And most of it isn't along a beach, so you can just see the waves hitting the rocks, and.. oh [View Full Entry]

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Q: What has Kristina been doing? A:What HASN'T Kristina been doing! Last Sunday (Feb 25) , I met a friend from school at the Rodeo stadium, and we went to the National Championship of the Mexican Rodeo! We went on the final day so we saw the final 3 teams compete for 1st Prize. Actually, first let me explain how this all works : The Charreada is the national sport of Mexico. A charro is a Mexican cowboy, complete with sombrero chaps, a nice scarfy-tie, and of course some good solid boots. In the final there were 3 teams of about [View Full Entry]

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Hi Folkies!! So I just got back from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, where I was at the annual international (world's 4th largest) Carnaval!! I took the 9 hour bus ride on Friday night, and got there Saturday morning ridiculously early. I went to Sonia's house (one of the exchange students from the States), and just passed out for a few more hours. Then, after breakfast, Rosemary(Canada) came over with Lilian(Switzerland) and a new exchanger, Niki (Australia). Sonia and Niki went to get their hair done, because they, along with a few more girls (Japan, and France) were Beauty Queens ! [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! I hope the new year is going fabulously. Mine is pretty decent. I'm still not going to school, not until February 6th (yah, I know, right? haha). I was kind of in a slump of not doing things, but I'm out of that now, haha :) I changed houses a little while ago, about 2 weeks ago. I like my new family. I have a host sister and 2 brothers (only one of which lives at home) . Actually!! One of my 'brothers' just had a baby!!!! TODAY! Valentina !! so that's super cool. The first baby !! They [View Full Entry]

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I went back to Vallarta on the 30th, with my friend Jozefien from Belgium, and we stayed at my friend Olivia's house. We went to the beach on the 31st.. just so we'd be nice and relaxed so we could stay out all night.. haha We started off with dinner at Olivia's house... With her dad, mom, and some of her mom's friends. Her dad is a really good cook (he's from Sweden, so we had a swedish-mexican meal. SO good.) and we finished it off with DELICOUS chocolate cake, yum yum. haha. There was also a guitar man that Gilda [View Full Entry]

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Merry christmas! (finally!) I realize this blog comes very late, and I apologize. I hope everyone's christmas was SUPER amazing, as christmas should be. I had a really rocking christmas, and have been througharly (have no idea how to spell that. My english spelling is getting worse, if possible) enjoying my insane amount of vacation time. Vacation started for me about Thursday the 14th , when I went to Guadalajara. Went out with some friends that weekend, did a little christmas shopping (Which I ADORE!), hung out. Then my friend, another X-student from Canada, came over on S [View Full Entry]

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I LOVE TRAVELING. (anyone have any questions so far? haha) From the 19th to the 26th, I was traveling with the fabulous exchange students of Rotary District 4150. First took a bus to Tepic from Vallarta, joined up with the students there, took a bus to Mazatlan where we met up with ALL the exchange students going (53). We hung around until 11 at night, and arriving at about noon, we had a lot of time to kill. The Rotary Club was hosting a International food event, and the exchange students from Maz. made food from there country. And I had [View Full Entry]

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