I think my most memorable experience in Mexico was visiting beautiful towns such as Morelia and San Miguel. I didn’t realize that Mexico had such an interesting history in colonization (even though APUSH did include some information on Spanish colonization of the Americas). I was lucky enough to be able to go on a week-long school trip with Nancy, Diya, and her counterpart Michelle around … Continue reading Blog Post 8: Most Memorable Experience
Nancy and the “gurls” (as we affectionately call our counterparts from Hermosillo) are most looking forward to getting to meet people from other countries, shop at our malls, and experience our everyday life with our friends and family. Since they have all already been to Phoenix (and some of the places YAEP is taking us, such as California and the Grand Canyon), this experience will … Continue reading Blog Post 7: Phoenix
I needed to use a different journalism medium so here is a video describing what I’d want to tell people about my host city. Sorry for the bad video quality! Continue reading Blog Post 6: My Host City
If I’m being completely honest, no one that I’ve interacted seems very interested in news in general. Nancy knows a lot about politics, political parties, and government corruption in Mexico, so I’m assuming that she gets her news somehow… I believe that a lot of information comes from adults reading the news and discussing it with kids, etc. The only sort of “news” I’ve discussed … Continue reading Blog Post 5: Journalism
Nancy’s mom, Alicia is so kind and accommodating, taking me to all of these events and cooking me vegetarian meals. Same with Nancy—she has patiently described so many cultural entities to me that I will talk about in the next blog post. For that, I am so grateful. I met Nancy’s dad properly on the first Thursday of my exchange. He is extremely kind and … Continue reading Blog Post 4: Host Family Interactions
So much good food here! All the food I’ve had here has been really great so far. The only trouble I ran into was on the trip around Central Mexico—sometimes, we would go to fast food restaurants and I would have a hard time finding anything to eat other than fries haha. I do love fries though, so it wasn’t too big of a deal. … Continue reading Blog Post 3: Food
Punctuality is not a thing here. For real. Every single day we arrive at the bus 10 minutes late or so and no one seems to care. The culture here is so much more laid-back, and it stresses Diya and I out a lot (ironically) because we are so used to being punished if we aren’t punctual and being stressed out about making deadlines. Now … Continue reading Blog 2: Cultural Customs
Having been in Hermosillo for a few days, I already have so much to say about it! When I arrived, my host mom and my host sister, Nancy, welcomed me with open arms and an array of balloons. That pretty much describes the culture here: open, inviting, fun… everything is a fiesta here, you know? People talk with animated gestures and big smiles, offering me … Continue reading Blog 1: Initial Impressions
Hello everybody and welcome to my blog! Since today is my birthday and I know everything will get crazy very quickly with finals and preparation to leave, I would like to introduce myself. As I prepare to leave, I am very excited! April told us that we get the opportunity to travel around Mexico with a school group, which I think will be a very … Continue reading Introduction
