Getting ready for 8:30 this morning was a teeny bit difficult, especially when we didn't get to bed until 1:30 last night. Walking downstairs we awaited the rest of the group and then all of us climbed onto the bus. Our first stop was to the public university in Puebla; it's a huge campus with gorgeous architecture and amazing pieces of artwork hung around campus. Naturally, everyone in the group was hungry by the time we got to the university so thank goodness our professors had arranged for us to eat first! We ate at this cute little french bistro that is situated right near the front entrance of the university. I will admit, it was extremely odd to be eating at a french restaurant while in Mexico, but no one was complaining because it looked ... read more

Today started bright and early -not too early thank goodness!! We started off our day by going to a restaurant that was just a short distance away. One would think that walking a short distance wouldn't be a huge ordeal, but when you're trying to get 20 people to get from point A to point B while having to cross multiple roads. We did manage to make it there without anyone getting hit by a car so, yay! We pretty much filled up the restaurant with our 20 person family; the people working there were extremely nice however and didn't seem too bothered by it. Before we ordered they brought out a gorgeous basket of an assortment of breads. All of which I wanted to eat. All. Of. It. Don't worry guys, I did no such ... read more

Hello all! I recently posted that I will be going to Mexico very shortly here, well, in addition to that, I'm also planning on going on another trip at the end of August. This trip will be another once-in-a-lifetime experience. For two weeks I will be spending time in Costa Rica and Nicaragua working with local doctors in remote villages to set up free mobile clinics, providing critical health care to those who live in poverty and are in need of health care. I won't be doing any surgeries or doing anything too crazy -I'm trying to help, NOT cause more problems :) Obviously, myself, and every other person on the trip, won't be administering any medications/ prescriptions without consulting with the doctor first! This trip is not cheap -I will say that much. Yes I ... read more

Vacations officially started one week ago today. For the past week I honestly haven’t done anything except stay at my friends house. Last saturday (16th of April) my friend and I went to a friends birthday party-man, it seems like everyone had their birthday last week- it was really fun, and a great way to practice my Spanish (apart from the whole livng in a Spanish speaking country). Alex (birthday boy) had a few friends at his party, but most of the people there were his cousins, and there was also some aunts/uncles and his parents.I talked to his cousins (in Spanish of course) through most of the night. It was pretty funny- and just another example of how different people are here in comparison to those in Canada-every time one of the guys would say ... read more

Sorry I haven't been writing as much as I have been, but I haven't really been doing anything exciting lol. The Fruteria has become my favorite place to get fruit from in Santa Tere. It's generally cheap and the fruit is always soooo sweet. I'm pretty sure we went everyday that weekend and each time was amazing. The other day we went and she had strawberries for sale as well the usual fruit for sale, so we bought 1 little watermelon, 1 little pineapple, and half a kilo of strawberries, in total it cost about 46 pesos. The next day we wanted to make smoothies so we headed to the Fruteria again. We didn't see any strawberries in the shop but I figured I would ask just in case, turns out she did still have some ... read more