As we were sitting eating a lovely dinner in Chiles today (same as the United States, glorious), we were discussing things that when they happen or when we see them, we just say, only in mexico, solamente in mexico. We decided to make a list of these things which will probably grow throughout the semester, but here is some of what we have so far. These things are rather hilarious to us, and you might not understand all of them, but just a taste of the differences between Mexico and the US.
-rocks in soup- this is the truth, allison ate soup with rocks in, you aren't supposed to eat the rocks, but we do not know what they are for!
-Clowns in the street- as we were waiting for the bus today a clown sang to us, painted face and all, weird
-Celine Dion- ok she was not here, but there is music constantly playing here, and we have heard celine dion many times, not quite sure why
-La Vaca-vaca=cow, and there is a man who rides a bicycle or motorcycle who sells milk and has a loudspeaker on his mode of transportation with the sound of a cow that sounds all day long...mooooo
-Remolacha- allison's first day in mexico her family gave her something to drink that looked the grape juice, much to her suprise it was horrible, so she asked what is was, remolacha, which is beet juice... disgusting!
-combi- the name of my bus, the little van that i can't stand!
- Super San Fran Assis- only in Mexico would you have a grocery store named after Saint Francis of Assisi, now I don't know much about him, but I am not sure if he would love super savings or not!
-Yill- this is more or less my name is in Spanish..pronounced yeel...oye, i do not like this!
-Helado de Eloite- corn ice-cream, i have never tried it, and dont plan on it!
- Mi Muneca esta llorando
- Larry and Paco- Paco was our friendly lizard who lived in our bathroom last week in Celestun, and Larry is the iguana Sara sees every week before class at the univesity, lizards everywhere!
-Hamburgers with Ham and Pineapple- gross
- White Trees- we do not know why they are painted white, but all trees are painted white at the bottom, we think its to keep the bugs away or something
-Gato Feo- ugly cat, there is a huge, hideous cat outside of my bedroom at night that is horrible, i wake up in the middle of the night and swear it is fighting with something, because of the sounds it makes. I looked at it once and it looks like half cat and half dog.. hideous!
-Accordians- only in Mexico, street performers who play the accordian
-Recorders- once again, who plays the recorder in church? Mexicans.
Well there you have it, oh Mexico, if anything strange happens, our excuse, we're in mexico, who knows!
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I suddenly have the urge to pull out my journal and find the "only in mexico" tidbits I put in there. I know one was a comb UP instead of a comb OVER and another was an entire family, and a dog, on a small motorcycle.
When we had bad days in Mexico we used to go to Bostons and get their brownies. We were there a lot. They have really good brownies.
Wow, you think pretty highly of the Mexicans, huh. j/k, things are definitely different there! Wow, some of those are hilarious. Miss you!
They paint the bottom of trees in the DR too! There are purple, white, and a teal one right outside my classroom. Someone told me it's cause they need something to do with the extra paint and so the trees win cause they can't paint the grass.
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