0. The university is spread out all over the city and has campuses in other areas of Jalisco. We're going to
study in CUSCH, which is the social sciences and humanities faculty of the university. I've heard lots of things about the university here and how laid back both the students and professors are - I bet it's going to be an experience to say the least!
As you probably know, we flew into Mexico City and spent a few days there. Initially I was really, really nervous. I read so much about the crime there so I managed to scare myself silly about everything. However, once we got there, I felt a lot better. The city again is huge; around 20 million people live there and due to this and other things, it's considered a megalopolis (I love that word - I use it at every available opportunity!), and although we were vigilant
and were careful, the city itself feels quite human. We stayed in the Zona Rosa, which was about a 10 minute metro ride from the Centro Histórico. Here is the amazing Catedral Metropolitana and the government buildings etc. We stopped for ice cream and took it some of the sights. I wish you could capture smell in
a photo - it truly was amazing and delicious! I also decided to take on my fear of heights and we went to the top of the Torre Latinoamericano... All 42 floors! It used to be Latin America's biggest skyscraper - until something bigger and better came along, of course!
We also visited the Museo de Antropología, which features on a lot of the 'top ten things to do in Mexico', it was interesting but so big, it was impossible to take it all in during one visit.
On our final day in Mexico City, we decided to go on full-on tourists. We took the open topped TuriBus! It was great fun, we sat just on the bus for it's whole route and looked at everything. We saw parts of the city that we wouldn't have thought to go to - like the upmar
ket Polanco, the streets were lined with Tiffany & Co, Cartier, Luis Vuitton etc.
A tiny bit out of my price range!!
After four days in Mexico City, the time came to get on the bus to Guadalajara. The bus was SO nice, we'd picked a 'luxury' bus company for safety and comfort really, but it was so much better than I was expecting! We got a little packed lunch before we got on, huge reclining seats, tons of room. It was great! Way more comfortable than our flight with British Airways, if I'm honest.
Then we arrived in GDL, and it was a little overwhelming to be in another city. We're living in the Zona Centro, not the most posh area of the city but close to the centre. The flat seems a little too big for just the two of us at the moment, we're awaiting 3 other housemates. A German girl who is travelling at the moment and two Dutch girls. Hopefully we'll all get along okay.
I'm struggling with the Mexican accent and I don't understand much at all, haha. Hopefully as time goes on, I'll adjust to the accent and the completely different vocabulary! We're taking extra Spanish classes which I hope will help me along my way a little.
I think that's me pretty much up to date. We're visiting Tequila this Saturday so hopefully that'll give me lots to blog about ;) Besitos xo
(also apologies again for the screwy layout... silly photos)
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