Brittni’s Blog

If anyone sees Tucker, tell him I miss him!

Wow, I can’t believe how fast this trip has gone…

Here are some video’s from past weeks in Cuernavaca that I just uploaded:

Cumpleanos de Julio a Chac Mool (The Director’s B-Day) from Brittni Daley on Vimeo.

Lucho Libre from Brittni Daley on Vimeo.

Bull Fight-Part 5 from Brittni Daley on Vimeo.

Tuesday I went to the cooking clase and made rajas con crema y papas which is strips of chile poleno and chucks of potatoes in a cream sauce. I thought it was interesting how the lady cooked the chiles on her stove and I got a lot of good videos of it which I’ll upload. Friday was a rainy night so I stayed in with Paula, the 8 year old in my house and played games. I try to play with her at least one a week because she asks me almost everyday “Quieres jugar?” (”Do you want to play?”) and I usually have to say no because I have plans. But its good for me to play with her because it helps me practice my Spanish. Saturday I went on a 7 mile run, then to the Feria (fair) which is in town for a few weeks, and then out to a few salsa clubs to practice my salsa with friends. I’m still not great at salsa, but have definitely made a lot of improvement since I’ve been here. Sunday I went to a lagoon in the mountains called Zempuala with some friends. On the way there we stopped at a little restaurant in Huitzilac, a neighborhood in Cuernavaca, and had quesadillas de flour de calabaza and cafe de hoya. Que delicioso! We went horseback riding in the mountains near the lagoon and my allergies didn’t act up! Yay! Then we hiked around the lagoon and made a little campfire were we barbecued some meat for tacos. Tambien que delicisos! That night we went to Circus Chino de Pekin in Cuernavaca. It had the typical clowns and elephant tricks, but the main thing that its known for is the different gymnastic acts that are preformed by a traveling group from China.

This week I lived with a really nice family from the Bahamas. I hung out with them a lot at our house and tagged along with them to a bowling ally, an ecological park, and out to dinner. The oldest kids are twins (eight years old) and the youngest girl is six. I stayed up late talking with the mom who is originally from Ghana, grew up in London, and has been living in the Bahamas for about 20 years. They showed me pictures of the beaches in Nassau, where they live, and I told them to expect me for a visit in the future.