Day 1: Lost in México

Well, I'm sitting in bed (with Hannah Montana sheets) in my new home in the Yucatán!  Finally here!  After 2 flights, immigration, customs, and a bus ride, I'm glad to be in Mérida, especially when over the past few months, there were a few times when I really didn't think I'd be able to go on this study abroad.  I'm so grateful for everyone who helped me to get here!

I flew from Salt Lake to DFW to Cancún.  I got pretty nervous landing in Cancún . . . I'm not sure why, but once I got through customs, I was fine.  I met up with other students in Cancún knowing that my plane got in last; however, Laura, whose plane got in an hour before mine, hadn't been seen.  Laura lost somewhere in México!  However, she was flown to a different terminal than ours apparently and we found her at the bus stop to take the long bus ride to Mérida.

I like my host family a lot!  Pilar, the mother of the house, picked me up from the bus station tonight and was very interested in what kinds of foods I liked as we talked over a late night meal.  She also said I could stop eating whenever I wanted to and if I didn't like something, she'd make me something else.  I told her that in our prep class we had learned that is was rude to stop eating anything given to us, but she and her sister insisted that if we kept eating after we were full we'd just throw up . . . which seems more rude anyway.  She asked for my school schedule so she would know when to wake up to start making breakfast.  Looks like on some days we're going to be eating at 5:30 in the morning to make it to school on time . . . the university is an hour away by bus . . . which reminds me that I should go to bed!