Ok folks we have finally made it Puebla, Mexico...no Spanish yet... that will come in time. I start classes on Monday and I am a little nervous, but I know I will be fine. Thanks for the encouragement Michelle C. Anyways, I wanted to share a little bit about our drive here it's worth the talk. We crossed the border Wednesday, which went pretty smooth. It just took a while to get the payment correct. We drove the not so attractive ride, which is filled with what I call the "harry palm tree." They were like palm trees, but they had many diffrent branches, and then a big white flower on top. And the tops of the trees trickled down like the tree was shedding. I think that is the best that I am going to be able to explain it. The drive from the border was filled with all of those harry palm trees....tons of cactus, and dirt. That was about it. It was rather exciting though. All of the different signs and little towns we went through gave, me enough reason to stay awake and if that didn't interest me the traffic did. I am so glad Aaron was driving other wise we would all be dead!! He was a rock star in such crazy traffic. We entered San Luis Potosi. It was dark and very interesting driving in a crazy big city with no knowledge of anything, trying to find a hotel that looked less then scary. For all you GUers we ended up staying in the Country Inn and Suites. Pretty great we would recommend it if you ever find yourselves traveling that direction. The drive from here to Puebla was very exciting...mostly because we were going to finally reach our destination. We got to drive through Mexico city, and if my mom was there she would have broke through the passenger floor with her fake break. It took us at least and hour to get through the super crazy traffic. The pictures are mostly of traffic and the the 7-10 lanes...we're not really sure...people just drove where there was space. The other pictures are of out side of Mexico city. Crazy huh. I defiantly, at this moment, don't look forward to going through there on the way back. However the drive to Puebla was amazingly gorgeous!! It was mountains and lushness...I had been missing sense we hit New Mexico. We made it through...and Mark Jaquith was so kind to meet up with us and they let us stay with them until we got all in order. We had a hot home made dinner waiting for us when we arrive prepared by Aimee...and boy did it taste good... all that travel food it was great to have a home cooked meal.
We got to see our apartment and it's cute. A little smaller then our house in Bend, and a little less furniture...but that is about it. It even has a garage...however our version of garage is a little different then in Mexico. I will explain more about where we are living in another blog. Pictures will follow once we have unpacked along with many other exciting moments. The crime in Puebla is not very high, but parts theft seems to be a big thing. If you don't get your wheels locked and your mirrors fixed they usually get stolen in the first week you are here. However you can go down to a certain street to buy back the mirrors and wheels that were stolen from you. They will even be so kind to install and secure them so they can't get stolen again. :) ummm. Besides that crime is very little. So today we got our car theft free, picked up some things for our apartment, and I visited the school to find out more about what I needed to do to be ready for Monday. So that is that. I am sure I am leaving out some, but these blogs are so long. So hasta luego for now.

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