Hello, sorry for not posting blogs, I’ve been really busy getting settled in. However, here is my first blog. I will cover up the first part from when I was in Jalisco and Guadalajara and then Part 2 will be my experience in Manzanillo.

(Pictures in my next blog.) Day 1: So, we arrive at the airport after our flight and grab our luggage. Rent a car. Get on a bus. Wait an HOUR to rent it. And we are off. The place that we were staying was at my Tia Cuca’s house. This is where my grandma grew up. It was a nice house. Once we got settled in, we went to eat somewhere for breakfast. We had Mexican food…obviously. And I had the BEST drink in the world. It was similar to chocolate milk but it was made from strawberries. I called it FresaMilk. After this, we went back home and checked out the house more. After we hung out for a little bit and then went out to eat. I got this really good ice cream. Later in the night, We went to the park and played soccer with my cousins. Even LATER in the night, My dad and I went to an “arcade”. The reason that I put quotes was because it was more like a store where you can pay to play video games. We eventually went to bed and that was all of day 1.

Day 2: We woke up and went to eat breakfast. We hung out…for a long time. My mom went to the doctor. Then we went to one of my aunt’s houses. Then I played basketball with one of my cousins and his friends. (I don’t really have friends in Mexico.) This day was kind of short however, the next one was WAY busier.

Day 3: On this day we Guadalajara and Leon. (Mexican History at the end!) It started with an HOUR FULL of TURNS on a ride from Jalisco to Guadalajara. I almost threw up. Once we were there we ate breakfast. We then went on a tower full of stairs that I was…scared of because I’m afraid of heights. We got to the top and then my Aunt made a game. There was a little window on each side and there was a platform about six feet under the top of the tower. She said that if we could land a coin, she would “give us one hundred pesos.” So we did it. It was pretty fun. We took a lot of photos and took a long time to get to know the place. We finished, went home, got our luggage, and started another 5 hour journey to Manzanillo. We made it to Manzanillo and there was a little group up with my family in Mexico.

Mexican history time 🙂 There was this one monument in Guadalajara and it was during the war between France and Mexico. Pipila told the army of Mexico to put a big rock on their back. He crawled to the building (Alhondiga de Granaditas.)(Google it 🙂 that the French had taken over and he burned the door. Mexico was able to take over the building and win the war. He died in honor and has a monument in the town square.