travelling through a city is much different than actually living in it for three weeks. no longer a tourist, i have being living a fairly regular life. i am still constantly exploring the city, but i have also had to figure ot how to do 'normal' things like grocery shopping and picking up prescriptions at the pharmacy. the language barrier is obviously a challenge, and everything in mexico seems to happen in its own (very slow) and unique way.
here is a bit of a window into my day-to-day life here in monterrey:
living: ginny's apartment is a looong three minute walk from school, and has a beautiful view of the mountains. the housing is larger then i expected - we are certainly not roughing it by any stretch of the imagination! we are in an apartment building where the majority of the other tenants are students as well, giving a sense of first year in residence all over again.
here is a shot of our apartment building:
the view every morning of the mountains on my walk to school:
working: a world apart from the public school world i have lived this year so far. the elementary campus is much older than the middle/high school campus, but it is still incredible. they have resources, literacy coaches, specialist instructors, sports equipment and even plants in the hallway! the pictures simply don't do it justice.
one of the soccer fields (check out the view!):
we have old school desks, but it is where we call home:
playing: working long days means that we appreciate our time off even more! ginny has taken me to one of the ritzy malls and to a movie theatre where you get to sit in recliner lazy-boy style chairs and order food for delivery. unreal. but, the highlight so far has certainly been hiking in chipinque national park. only a few minutes' drive from the school, it feels as if you have entered another world. the loud city floats away for a few hours while we hike the mountains and are witness to some stunning views.
the view of the city from the mountains:
towards the end of our first hike at chipinque:
not too shabby, eh?
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Hey- we have those ritzy movie theatres in India too- they're called 'Gold Seats' and you have Laz-y boys and food delivered to you as well! Never mind the fact that the only people that can enjoy this luxury are 'whities' but it's still pretty cool!
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