Blogs from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, North America - page 4

Well, it's just around midnight on a Sunday night, and I'm feeling strangely inspired to (try to) recreate the amazing blog post I lost yesterday afternoon. For any of you that have studied abroad or spent an extended period of time in another culture, I'm entering the... "uh oh, my time is soon coming to an end, what would happen if I stayed?" phase. Don't worry Mom and Dad, I'm coming home. It's just that Mexico is coming to a close (well, Mexico as a nation is not ceasing to exist, just that the end of my time here is drawing near), and I'm experiencing some new feelings about the place I've come to call not quite "home," but someplace familiar, comfortable and friendly. In an effort to portray some of the smaller, more everyday occurrences ... read more

Everytime the issue of Osama Bin Laden comes up, I wonder why the heck he hasn't been found; however, that question inevitably leads me to think about where I could hide if some government agency was after ME. Well, for everyone that has ever felt spooked when they see themselves on the Wal-Mart camera or heard that the farthest you can get from a road in the entirety of the Great Smokies National Park is 3.7 miles... I've got a good place for ya. Way out in the middle of nowhere in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Now, we all can't go out there at the same time, but I think you could probably run across the border, and hide out in somebody's pig barn until the CIA finally gives up. San Jose, Nuevo Leon has approximately ... read more

Well everyone, Writing once again from my home here in Monterrey, Físicos 380 (interior). The past few weekends have been somewhat low-key, which is really nice. I completed my 2nd (and longest) internship paper this past week, I've been learning about Mexican culture and politics, I've surveyed more foreign visitors at the Museum, and I am now a Spanish compound sentence expert! I've said this before: time is seriously whipping by. Reality check: I've been here for 3.5 months!! Where did the time go?! This coming week begins our 11th week of classes, which end November 17. Finals occur the two weeks that follow. And then I've got some time set aside to either lay low in Monterrey or maybe explore another part of Mexico. I came here wanting to see and do everything imaginable in ... read more

Yep, many times, open-air restaurants serve customers a complimentary bean-based soup... and it seems like every time we eat it, all of it gets eaten except for this one piece of meat that looks like it has taste buds. So, the conversation inevitably turns to a lively debate of whether it IS or IS NOT "tongue." On two different occassions, the argument has required a judge (the waiter) who is asked with excited pointing gestures to the interrogater's open mouth if it is indeed "lengua." Both times the waiter has laughed amd assured us that it was not. The problem is, that no one has ever understood the explanation of what it really was. Yesterday, I went to my second Monterrey Rayados soccer game. The Rayados are one of two professional soccer teams here in Monterrey, ... read more

Hola everyone! I hope all is well in Chicago, Green Bay, De Pere, Virginia, Texas, or from wherever else you might be catching up. I myself have been a busy lass down here in Mexico but you're in luck because I have some time to update!! Since the last time I've written, I have waited in many, many lines, endured much confusion over seemingly easy processes (for example, who knew I'd have to go to 6 different places on campus to enroll in a salsa dancing class with some friends... or how difficult it would be to get the university to take my tuition money). It seems that some processes are complicated by some very unnecessary bureaucracy, but hey, when in Mexico, I guess. I started my internship at Museo de Historia Mexicana (Museum of Mexican ... read more