Oh The Places You’ll Go…

… And the things you will see! Or should I say I. Or we.

Not too much action to blog about today… except souvenir shopping in Tonala (just outside the city), which is just blocks and blocks of open market vendors selling everything from belts to vases to nail clippers to cow legs. No, don’t re-read, I said cow LEGS. I guess we really should eat more chicken… but anyway, I can’t talk too much about that because I may have picked up a few things for some of my most faithful readers out there, and well, nobody likes a spoiled surprise. I will say though, this is a racist country. I am blonde. I am very obviously NOT Mexican. And they would NOT barter with me! Rosa? Yes. Our little Japanese friend Casuma? Yes, even him. Me? Nope! Oh well… If I saw me, I probably try and get more money out of me too. Too bad I walked away from almost all of them. In the shopping world, I like to think that I am queen, and this queen will NEVER surrender. So we all just started ganging up on them . Hey, a queen has her army, no? I like to think I got some good deals…

So after shopping, I just went out to hang with my group of Georgia buddies a little bit. Rosa didn’t feel like going out, so I met up with my friends Taylor and Laura, and we ventured out to their house. Too bad our directions didn’t include a house number. HA! It was REALLY funny… us trying to figure out which house on this 5 or 6 block street it was. I’m happy to report that we made friends with a car washer guy (who asked if we had a car 3 times, even though we were very obviously not in a car), a really super sweet older gentleman that walked slower than turtles stampeding through peanut butter, but every time we lapped him (which was somewhere around 17) he still have us the same sweet wave and hola, and a group of neighbor people who were also nice, but not really much help to us. Guess which house it ended up being? The LAST one on the left. It was a nice little adventure. And we made it! Still don’t know the house number though…

So that’s really all the action today! Oh, and I’m feeling better by the way. Not completely 100&, but marked improvement, for the most part. Praise God! I was able to enjoy today. Thank you so much for all your prayers.

So, since there wasn’t too much to tell, I thought I would share with you some of the more random observations that I (and my friends here) have mentally noted:

1. EVERYTHING is 2 for 1 here. Drinks. Admission. Merchandise. Babies. Yes, at this point, I am convinced that if you have a baby in Guadalajara, it will pop out 2 for 1. It’s just how this universe operates.

2. They don’t like animals very much. They put dogs ON THE ROOF instead of backyards (mainly because a lot of them don’t have backyards). We came to a quaint little jewelry table, and found a CAT PAW necklace charm. If I come back with some rescued something, I apologize in advance. But I’m at least starting my own infomercial.

3. The McDonald’s, Burger Kings, and KFC’s here make those in America look like vending machines. They are huge, and I think at least 4 children a year are lost in their playground tunnels. They’re that big.

4. Click It or… Nada! They have no seatbelt or car seat laws in this country. We crammed 7 people in a taxi again today. What did Brittney Spears do wrong?? Nothing! She was probably just crossing the border from this land where it is completely acceptable to let your child roam around the car while you drive.

5 They put Chile powder on EVERYTHING! Enchiladas. Tacos. Fruit. Fruit Candy. Chocolate Candy. Pixie Styx. ALL contain chile.

And there are many, many more, but that will do for now! As usual, I hope everything back in the good ol’ USofA is great!! Talk to you all soon! Buenas noches.