el 5o dia

Believe it or not I´ve been here 5 days already. And to be honest, it kind of feels as if it has been more. I´m still enjoying myself and taking advantage of having nothing to do. On Wednesday, Gaby and I went with his friend Roberto, Roberto´s girlfriend, Rosi, and Rosi´s mom to Guanajuato. It was a tight fit in a little car, but we made it. About half way through the trip there we came to a complete stand still on the highway. While I can understand that there´s going to be a little bit of traffic after an accident, we literally didn´t move for more than an hour. Once we were finally detoured to a different route, we saw that a mango truck had tipped over blocking both lanes of the highway. It was somewhat amusing since we soon saw that Mexicans from everywhere had gone running to the scene of the accident to take as many mangos as they could manage. Soon after, we made it to Guanajuato and I was definitely glad I had gone. Guanajuato is a beautiful city built into the steep hills. We walked around the callejones (alleys) for quite awhile and went to a museum that talked about all of Guanajuato´s leyendas (legends). We also stopped at the town of Leon on the way back to go shopping and watch a movie. It was nice to see other parts of Mexico, even if I didn´t spend a whole lot of time there. I´ll hopefully be able to add some pictures that I took so that you can all appreciate just how neat Guanajuato is. Yesterday and today I didn´t do anything all too exciting. Sat by the pool, walked through the centro (the city center), ate more yummy food, and of course spoke some more espanol. It´s nice that I know a few different people here so that when one person gets sick of showing me around they can pass me off on another. Everyone has definitely been extremely nice and very accomdating. Memo (one of the waiters from Tequilas) took me to meet his grandma and other friends of the family, and everywhere I went I was immediately invited to sit down and have something to eat. I love the people here, they have to be some of the nicest in the world...Yesterday I also went with Gaby and Memo to one of their favorite seafood restaurants. For anyone who knows me, they know that I don´t like seafood in any way, shape, or form. Yesterday, however, I had a caldo de camaron (shrimp soup) and even tried some pescado (fish). It wasn´t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Either things taste different here, I´m growing up, or anything with enough salsa tastes good to me. Tonight the plan is to go to a bar where they have banda and mariachi, it should be a good time. Hopefully I´ll take some more pictures and have some stories to share for next time. Hasta luego....