Saturday Lauren and I woke up and grabbed coffee and snacks at Starbucks before laying out by the pool for an hour. My skin is getting darker, can you believe?! Note that I don't say "tan", hah, but I'm definitely getting color.
We craved shopping so the two of us decided to navigate the city bus system (there are 200 some routes!) to get to las Galerias Monterrey, one of two big shopping malls in the city. The shopping wasn't outstanding (nothing was on sale! donde estan las rebajas?! and a pair of Sevens costs $300 in Mexico -- for sale at Sears, of all places! Weird country.) but it was fun to walk around.
At night some of us went out to eat at el Rey del Cabrito, where they serve goat, Monterrey's famous delicacy. As it turns out my roommate is a vegetarian and I was not in the mood for baby goat (have I ever in my life been in that mood?) so we ate before and just went out to be social. The place was interesting, at least ... goat corpses hanging in the window and whatnot. Neat ...
After food we were ready for a nighttime adventure through Barrio Antiguo, the old part of town where most of the bars and clubs are located. We found a cute little bar with a rooftop terrace where we stopped for a couple of drinks, then headed out to La Puerta, a sketchy dance club with $0.50 tequila shots. After a few of those, we went to Ananna, a club with a live band where we got in free by virtue of being cute American girls. :) overall, a fun night out.
Sunday Lauren, Kelsey and I went to church at San Juan Bosco, the "university parish" close to campus. All I remember is that it was cold and I couldn't make out anything the priest was saying through the microphone. Also, I get a more conservative and paternalistic vibe from church in Mexico in comparison to New England -- it might be time to shop for a new place. I think next week we'll try the cathedral in the center of the city.
Later in the afternoon Vanessa took us on a tour of her museum, el Museo del Vidrio (glass). Glass is really cool if you think about it. Check out the adorable glass men on display:
That was pretty much the highlight of the day; afterwards I went to Soriana, the very mediocre grocery store close by the Tec. (I hear Walmart has a greater selection of groceries here, how sad/strange). On the way back I shot this picture:
it's some truck on a well-traveled road that seems to have stayed in the same spot for decades. We're not in the slums, either. Nice job, city of Monterrey, for taking notice. Regardless, it looks pretty cool ...
well now it's a new week and there's lots of biotechnology research to be done ... must rest up so I'll be on my A game tomorrow!! ha ha. xo
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