Best night of sleep – EVER! Not.

On Sunday we traveled to the phoenix airport. The airline we flew was AeroMexico. It was a nice service. We landed in Hermosillo and then re-boarded for Mexico City. VIVA MEXICO! I have been waiting for this part of the tour for a long time. I am so excited. After I recovered my passport from the back seat pocket on the plane (very last second!), we made our way to the street and we’re greeted by cameras and videographers. We’re famous!

That night we bussed straight to our first city, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was a proximately 7 hour drive. Talk about the best night of sleep. NOT! Too kill some time on the bus, Jason (Bermuda) and I watched “I Love You, Man.” Pretty funny. Then we stopped in the middle of the night at a bus/gas/food station. I had some food for dinner and hoped to fall into a deep food-coma on the bus. It worked.

Hey wake up everyone – We’re in LEON! And the crowd goes wild. Not really. We all sauntered of the bus like zombies looking for a place to rest.

we found a dark building, grabbed some random white things that were laying on the ground, laid in or on them, and we all passed out. We soon came to discover that the white things were seat covers! Haha the things you do when you are so sleepy! Perhaps that’s is why UWP has such a busy schedule and run us overtime….? Hmmm… the things you do… just kidding.

We woke to a bitter cold and then ventured outside to find where we really were. We had made it to the Tecnological de Monterrey Campus Leon. We ate a rather American breakfast with donuts and coffee. After we dressed in our number 2 outfits (aka business casual), we were greeted by the Leon Campus students and staff. they prepared a dance performance for us too.

Lunch started at 2pm. Why so late? I’m hungry now and its only 11am! I better bring snacks and get used to this change in meal time. While we’re enjoying our first authentic Mexican food, we were pleasantly surprised by a 7-8 man mariachi band. We sang and danced to the music with other local university students.

HOST CODE: El Mundo (The World)

I saw a lady with a map of the globe and decided to ask if she was my new host mom – it was! I met Mario y Martha Luna. Mario speaks English well but his wife, not so much. They have 2 sons, both of which are in college. The younger one, Oscar, is staying down the hall from me. He is cool and speaks great English. I am practicing my Spanish with them, and vice versa. Que fantastico! Ellos viven in una casa bonita y limpia. Tengo un quarto con una cama grande. Esta bien!