So its been about a week. But that is because nothing exciting happened this week. Until Friday night. And then today. So friday we hung out with some of our sisters friends. We went out to the NICEST area of Queretaro (if we were even still in Queretaro) and we walk into this guys house and its a cave. Literally. A cave. Like when you open the door and look to the right there is a teeny tiny kitchen. Then like straight ahead is a CAVE...like rock walls and roots. Then you go to the end and turn the corner and there is like a seating area. but no one sits there cuz its wet. cuz its a CAVE! then to the left when you walk in the door is a teeny tiny spiral staircase which led to the giant bedroom and the giant bathroom and what not. I definetly fell down them. Twice. I have about 6 bruises to prove it.
Today was very eventful as well. Mostly the bus ride home. We went to el campo today. Which is pretty much a town that is very very small with like maybe 5 families total in it, but alllll of their extended family. The place we went to was the in-laws of one of my professors. My professor is pretty much the only white person to ever be in that town, so lets just say we made quite a sceene when we came through. Today was a celebration of something. I'm not sure what, but we got to experience that. There were girls doing a dance with machettes and it was really cool and we ate really yummy food including frozen strawberries with cream. YUM! On our bus ride back from Irapuato to Queretaro was when all the fun began...
Before we even left Irapuato, I heard our bus driver yelling at the bus next to him and they had quite a long exchange (of course I assumed it was a friendly one). Next thing I know, about 5 minutes later our bus is stopped and our bus driver gets off. I was fortunate enough to be sitting in the front front front of the bus so i slide open the thing and out comes the other bus driver talkin smack. Two busses stop next to ours and those bus drivers get out to stop traffic and we pretty much have a street fight between the two bus drivers in the middle of the road. SOOOO weird, but apparently thats the norm. My mind was blown trying to compare that to what would happen if that took place in the states, and I couldn't even rap my mind around the idea of that happening because that just WOULDN"T happen. Ever. So finally the two bus drivers that were just observing decide to stop it...and our bus driver gets back on and we continue on our journey. Then about 15 minutes later, once we pass the toll station, the bus stops again and some man gets on..the bus driver goes to the back of the bus to the bathroom and brings him a package...or money...either way it was for sursies a drug exchanges cuz he gave us the "shhhh don't tell anyone finger." Again. My mind was blown. We made it safe and sound so no worries, it was just QUITE the experience to say the least. I still cant believe that happened.
This is our last week of school (at least for the first part of the trip) and we teach our lessons on thursday and friday and then we're home freeee! until the next quarter. Thats all for now!
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