But I'd rather relive my vacation. Plus, it's almost been a week since I've been back and I never posted about my second week in Mexico!

I did rally and manage to put most of my cold behind me. My nose still ran, and even now I've got a bit of a cough and my voice has gone all funny. I also passed it along to Shelly, which is not at all nice as a ( Read more... )

So that cold that was fine with a packet of tissues and a cough drop? Not so fine. On the Sunday after I arrived Shelly, and three friends from the embassy (Dan, Mike, and a guy whom I've forgotten) went to see the churches devoted to the Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe. We decided to metro, safe because it was day, Sunday (less crowded) and we were ( Read more... )

Today was nice and relaxed. Yesterday I felt the start of a cold coming on, which happens a lot when I travel and when I change temperatures rapidly. And since I went from snow on the ground to t-shirt weather I wasn't surprised when I woke up with a sore throat and head cold. But a cough drop, a hot shower and a packet of kleenex later and all was ( Read more... )

I made it! I'm in Mexico! It took me 11 hours to get here, 4 1/2 of which was a layover in NYC, but I got here. I was relatively painless. I played my DS SpanishCoach, and am now a second grader. This did not mean that I had any idea what anyone was saying around me. On the flight to Mexico City, I was surrounded on all sides by cute Englishmen. ( Read more... )