Semana Santa 2012

I won't be able to remember everything, so I will just jot down what I remember:

Friday = day of travelling, nothing too exciting to report, but the trip is so long. Bus to the airport, flight to Houston, then to Mexico then bus to Puebla. On the bus a little boy was throwing trash on the floor and Paul and I told him not to and helped him clean up. I can't remember if we did anything cool that night. I think we were just really happy to see Paul's family and hang out with everyone.

Saturday = went to parque ecologico, and to the aviary, which was really cool. It's nice to see such green spaces in Mexico and it was nice to be out in the hot sun! In the afternoon we went to Angelopolis to walk around and see the new Luxury hall they had built (which has stores like Burberry). We ran into one of Paul's high school friends and had coffee with him and his wife. That evening was one of Paul's friend's birthday so we went to Cholula and had some beers. I felt really hip to be going out on a Saturday night!

Sunday = We went to Easter mass and I ran into an old colleague of mine! Afterwards, we all went to eat at a restaurant in Angelopolis which serves many different cuts of beef. Luckily for me, they had tuna. It was good, but the portions were HUGE!

Monday = Paul and his family went to Africam, which is a great big zoo/safari here. I had plans with friends, so I didn't go. First, I went to Triangulo to have sushi with Kristen and Rachel, and then we got our nails done (a simple French manicure on hands and feet for me). Afterwards, we went to Starbucks to see Lenya and Camille. It was so great to catch up with old friends and to meet her daughter. She is absolutely beautiful and so lively and fun!

Tuesday = My friends and I had organized a 'day of fun'. First, Paul dropped me off at Nicky's. Caitlin had come up from Mexico city for the day (thank you Cait!!!) and Cynthia was also there. Then we met Shannon, her daughter AV and her mom Gigi at Casa Reyna, a great restaurant downtown. We had breakfast there (I had the chilaquiles I'd been dying for!!!). Afterwards, we went shopping in the centro (downtown) because there was a store there where I had found the best pair of jeans. I found the store and got a new pair of jeans, and we also went to Woolworths (Nicky's favourite store) and I got a colourful T-shirt there. After that, we headed to Cholula to go to Tiki, which has always been one of my favourite places. It has a really cool beachy atmosphere and is really cheap. We stayed there all afternoon, ate some food, drank some beers, and shared lots of gossip! Then Caitlin had to catch her bus back to mexico city and we drove really quickly to drop her off at the capu. Nicky, Cynthia and I decided to continue our day of fun and we went to Starbucks and stayed until late talking about life and all sorts of things. All in all, we were together for 12 hours and had not run out of things to say!

Wednesday = In the evening, we went to Paul's grandma's house to talk and it turned into a little family reunion! Paul's uncle stopped by, all of his sisters and parents came up (Paul's grandma lives one floor above them), and we all thoroughly enjoyed watching my nephew walking around a round table.

Thursday = I woke up feeling sick so I immediately took Imodium. We went to the UDLAP to get a letter stating that I won't be finishing my Masters there because I want to transfer the credits I did there and use them towards my Masters at Mcgill. My goodness it is easier said than done. Because they don't have a pre-formated letter, they had no idea what to do. Finally, one guy was nice enough to help us and drafted a letter that looks like it will work. While the letter was being prepared we went for breakfast at Conchita's and I had chilaquiles again (very bad idea on a bad stomach). At lunchtime, I was really ill so I just slept all afternoon and drank ginger ale. I guess it wouldn't be a trip to Mexico without a bit of stomach sickness! At night we went to see American Reunion in the VIP theatre that I LOVE! They have reclining leather seats, you can reserve your seats, and you can order food from inside the theatre. Cynthia and Nicky and their husbands came too. The movie was good, it was exactly what I expected! Afterwards, we all went for dinner at Chilis and Kristen came too! Once again, it was awesome to catch up and hang out with everyone.

Friday = Mostly hung out at home enjoying time with our nephew. Had lunch and then went to the UDLAP to pick up the letter. Tonight Paul's aunts and uncles are coming over and we are having tacos. I'm very excited and super thrilled about our wonderful trip! We still have one day left, but I'm guessing we're just going to hang out and not do a whole lot.