Last Day!

Wow! It does not feel like 3 weeks has gone by! Today was an adventure. Early this morning we dropped Irene off at the airport. Not going to lie, I almost started crying. I will miss her jokes and her laugh. The house here felt very empty without her. Around 10 am my host mom told me I should get out of the house on such a beautiful day. My first thought was, "And go where?" I do not know where very many things are, but she was right. I should not spend my last day just reading in my room. So I started walking. Here are just a few things I will miss about Mexico.

 These are on the sides of the road. They flash at night and look awesome!

 Ramon Camaron rhymes in Spanish... In English he is just Ramon the shrimp,

 Kids playing on the street,

 Fountains,

 Brightly painted houses,

 El Zocalo and the Mercados,

 Baseball,

 Plants growing on buildings,

 Really good artwork/graffiti on the buildings,

 And the mainicured trees next to our house.

The rest of my evening was even more adventurous! I went out with Mandy to check out some new stuff downtown. I took a bus from the Soriana. It was the right bus, but was going the wrong way. It will loop around though right? Before I knew it I was the only one on the bus with the bus driver. We stopped in a sketchy out of the way town and he got off the bus. I was very concerned that I was in the middle of nowhere when I realized he was buying dinner and a coke. About 10 minutes later and we were on our way again. We finally got to the area and I recognized Mandy standing out on the street! Alto! I made it! I got to see her cool apartment and we chatted for a bit before heading out on the town. She showed me some cool art places, some of her favorite spots, a few parks, and we had some street food. It was delicious! The center was packed with dancing, performances, and vendors. We even saw a few street performers that were doing some amazing bike tricks! Neither of us could figure out how they could spin around like that and we both felt they should be wearing helmets, just in case. It was a great final night! I will really miss Oaxaca... and I cannot wait to see my family!