Cuernavaca

Estamos en Cuernavaca, a really cool city about 1 1/2 hours from D.F. We´re staying in this AMAZING little bed and breakfast and have done some really cool stuff.´ Speaking of the b&b, this morning I had my first plato of huevos rancheros autenticos, and oh my god. I´m going to come back so fat because the food here is to die for.

Our first night we went to a small cafe called La Maga, y era perfecto...totally bohemian with great food and coffee for super cheap. Our big adventure was yesterday though, when we visited the Pyramids at Xochicalco. We decided to take the cheapo busses to save $5, and it turned out to be a big adventure. We almost died like 5 times. Our bus driver liked to play chicken, and road dividers and signals or more like suggestions here than requirements! It was fun...Dad, you would´ve hated it! :) The Pyramids were incredible to see--the pictures don´t do them justice. What´s nice is that there was maybe 10 people total there, so it was very quiet and we seemed to have the place to ourselves. Y que vista.

After resting a bit after our crazy trek home, we went out to Los Arcos, a really great restaurant and bar for la hora feliz and had some great food and a few coronitas while listening to live cumbia, salsa, and merengue. It was there that we met Angel, who is from Cuernavaca but now lives in Chicago. He was so much fun, we hung out with him most of the night, which continued on to Harry´s bar, which serves foreigners for free on Tuesdays. Harry´s was totally bizarre, we didn´t really like it--habia demasiados gringos.

So, so far so good. I really love it here. Although sometimes my Spanish can get stuck in my mouth, it´s going really well and I´m excited to see how much I improve over the next few months. Mirelle and her friends are great, so I feel really established and comfortable since I already have a really fun easy-going and energetic group of friends.

More later, we´ve got to continue conquering Cuernavaca! :)