What a full week we had in Ciudad
Obregon! We arrived on Monday after a full travel day where we were stopped and
had to get our passports checked 3 times when crossing the borders of the
different states in Mexico. That was a new experience, but I guess there is a
first time for everything! When we arrived in Obregon we had a little time to
freshen up after the long bus ride before our eager host families arrived to
pick us up J This week I was hosted with a girl named
Alexia, who was a student in UWP one year ago so she and I knew a lot of the
same people.
I had a great week with Alexia and
family. They showed me the good places to eat and some beautiful spots around
the city. We had a lot of late nights in UWP this week so the time we had
together seemed very short and sweet. Over the weekend we celebrated Halloween
in our own fun ways and then on Sunday we went to this seafood restaurant with
an amazing surrounding panoramic view of a lake. It was gorgeous and worth the
drive. We also went to the lagoon in town at dark and took a paddle boat out to
watch the stars a bit. The weather has been beautiful this week and there has
been an incredible life saving breeze everyday which helps the hot not seem so
hot.
In UWP this week we had a bit of a
different schedule due to the holiday weekend where they celebrate Day of the
Dead so we had a two-day weekend as opposed to the usual one. Trust me those
are the little things that give us those sparks of joy! So Tuesday we had our
last BTS (mini show) and it was weird doing it and realizing it was the last
one I will maybe ever do with UWP. After that all of UWP participated in a big
parade that was just for us and welcoming to us and it was super fun!! At the
end of the parade the fire truck squirted his hose in the air and got us all
soaked and clean actually after the amount we had sweat dancing for 3 miles!
Wednesday we had a double show day and then on Thursday we had an internal day.
Thursday was Halloween so a lot of us dressed up and came in costume for the
morning activities! Hugh, Fien and I
were babies in diapers and it was pretty hilarious. Also on Thursday we had a
pretty intense workshop about world hunger and then after we had a banquet with
the president of the state! It turned out to be a super awesome dance party
within minutes of people finishing there dinner! We had dance circles, partner
dances and last but certainly not least was a super fast paced line dance! I
came home extremely sleepy but super happy as well! Friday I had study abroad
and we had a super fun CI (community impact/service) debrief where we shared
what we had done with each other by creating a short scene. Then it was a two-day
weekend and now looking back it was a very short week and it went by super
fast!
I had a great time here in Ciudad Obregon and
I cannot really believe that 5 weeks of Mexico are behind us now and that only
one more week remains before we fly to Europe. It barely seems real to me how
fast time flies. I guess we will see how it goes when we come to those moments!
But first here is a cheers (in Spanish it is “Salud”) to our last week in
Mexico! Let’s soak up those sunshine rays, eat those beans and spicy foods and
enjoy the blur of Spanish speaking while we can! Enjoy the last week and then
we are off to Denmark and Sweden!!
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