Day 2

Breakfast: quesadillas using white cheese, salad with avocado, and coffee.  Saw news of Oklahoma tornado in Spanish, of course, and Claudia (the mother) told me that here, they get about two hurricanes per year but it doesn't affect Guadalajara.  Also, she said there are no tornadoes here.

School went well.  I learned a lot.  I saw my first cockroach at school today in the bathroom.  It sat in the same place all day long.  Gross!!  In all of the houses here there are plastic covers with holes in them to cover all of the drains (in the sinks, in the showers...) because tons of cockroaches live in the sewage systems and they will crawl into your house at night if you don't have a cover. (The bathroom sink at the school didn't have a cover.)  Speaking of sewage, there are wafts of sewage smell that happen throughout the day all over the town.  It's delicious.

Lunch: Green beans with corn sauce, noodles with white buttery sauce, melon with spices, horchata (a drink) but not super sugary kind like you would get from Del Taco or somewhere similar.

Then, I went on a free walking tour that the town provides (in Spanglish).  There is a lot of history and culture and artistic things here in Tlaquepaque.  Not really my thing, but it was cool to see around.  The museums here are free on Tuesdays and they are much more laid back than in America.  Things that you think should be in glass cases aren't, you can take pictures...etc...

It was another hot day but not as miserable as yesterday, or maybe I've just come to accept the fact that I might melt down into a puddle at any moment.

Things I've noticed/learned:
-There are bicycle police around the town which makes it feel more safe.
-Mariachi originated here in Tlaquepaque.
-Sometimes people play instruments just walking along the street.
-If you're white or black you will get hit up for money by people who want donations, a job, or by beggars.
-My spelling for English words and sentence structure are getting funny already because of all of this Spanish.
-There are many street dogs.
-In Mexico, it is NOT racist to describe a person by their color.  It is just normal and used as any other descriptor.  For example if someone was trying to point me out they would say the "blanca" (white girl).  To point out a black person they say the "negro" (black guy).  And best of all, to point out an Asain they say the "amarilla" (yellow girl.)
 -Bullfighting starts in July and is very close by.

Well, I have homework to do. Adios!