November 5, 2012

• Report # 938

  Hey everyone, I hope that you all had a fantastic weekend. Friday was El Día de los Muertos here (Day of the Dead) so I decided to go to a cemetery and walk around and see what the day was all about. It was an interesting experience, especially as the cemeteries in Mexico are so fascinating. There was even a guy selling churros so I managed to buy one.

  In the afternoon I went to a place called Obispado which is a place way high up with lots of flags and incredible views of all of Monterrey. It was my first time there so I really enjoyed it. I headed down and made my way back into the downtown part. I walked a lot during the afternoon and spent the evening with a friend named Fernanda.

  We walked around Fundidora for a while and then had dinner at Chili's. Afterwards we went to her place for a while and then to an Irish Pub as she had some friends there. We returned to her place and Arturo picked me up and took me to a party of his university classmates. I met some people but Arturo thought the party was dying, so we went to another place.

  I saw Arturo's friend Ana who I had met in March and we stayed there for a while before calling it a night. I can't remember exactly what time we arrived home, but it definitely wasn't as late as it was on some other nights. On Saturday I went to see a movie called viaje de generación, (Generation Travel) and it was complete garbage. Basically it was just one of those stupid spring break movies where students go to some resort town and do extremely dumb things.

  I hadn't picked an awful movie in a long time so I suppose that I was due. Arturo picked me up and we stayed at his house for a few hours before heading out to a party. We didn't get there until after 1:00 am and really there wasn't much there so we drove around to some other places in San Pedro, but Arturo didn't find anything too interesting. Then he took me to a place he told me was full of "nacos" who he told me were people that are from other states who don't have much education or money.

  He told me I should leave my wallet in the car and really be careful, but I didn't feel unsafe at the place. I could definitely see the difference from the places we had gone before. This club just had Tecate Beer and ranchero music, but it was an interesting experience. We finally headed home after and I went to bed and slept until around 11:00 am. I had to go for lunch yesterday afternoon and I was asking directions from the guy in the Oxxo store.

  I headed out and a few minutes later a guy in an SUV pulled over telling me that he heard me talking with the employee and the place was super far. He offered to give me a ride and I got in and he told me his son had studied in my province, so that was interesting. I realize it's usually not a good idea to get into the vehicles of strangers, but he didn't seem like a bad guy..... I know that sounds so naive, but that's just how I think.

  I met my friend at the restaurant and we had lunch which I couldn't finish all of as it was a giant lasagna. Afterwards I had some oreo cheese cake from a cake place and I was totally stuffed. In the evening I went with Arturo and his friend to a town an hour outside of Monterrey called Allende. Basically they just wanted to drive and walk around the plaza meeting girls. Sometimes it was embarrassing for me, but I just went along with them and talked to some girls.

  His friend is very white looking and he told me in the past that he was from Kingston, Ontario and I believed him. He is a cool guy, but definitely nothing like me at all. I think in some ways he's even more wild than Arturo. They were able to add a few people to Facebook so I suppose they accomplished what they were there for. We actually got home to the house before midnight, so it was the rare early night.

  Today I will be going to Fundidora Park, and I really have to look for a place, I haven't done that yet, but today or tomorrow for sure. I'm really hoping the company that I interviewed at last week gives me a call today or one of these days, it would be an amazing opportunity. Anyways, that's all I have for today, so for the next question:

  How do you usually meet new people ?

  I hope that everyone has a fantastic start to the week. I'll leave you all with my final set of pictures from Mexico City. Take care and I'll talk to you all on Thursday, bye for now.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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