Okay I made it to Mexico City but I have no internet....so I am typing on wordpad & will then cut & paste it to my blog but I am afraid if I dont write it now I will forget!!! Today was really a travel day & not bad at all I left Salt Lake at 10 a.m. I was certain when I read the AeroMexico Website I could travel with 55 lbs of luggage in 1 bag....well that is within Mexico not to Mexico???? So my 59 lb bag required some last minute readjustment & I got it down to 52 lbs but I am pretty sure that my carry on & my backpack were pretty close to 50 lbs each as well!!! Yes packing light is not my strength! But I brought a bunch of baby outfits, plus some toys (thanks Vicki!) & paper & stickers to label the kids beds (thanks to TT & MAMBI) & medical stuff. SO I will be MUCH lighter returning.
My nephew Marc met me at the airport & got me to the other terminal, helped me exchange $$ & brought me 12 pack of "Coke Light" aka diet cokes - for the week :) We found he Op Smile meeting place & then he & I went & had a nice "real mexican" dinner - Mole it was great. Then I had to get on the bus to come to Tlaxcala in the pouring rain - I guess it rains her most every afternoon or evening - it was actually nice. The bus ride was supposed to be 1 1/2 hours but it took us over 2 hours - there was crazy traffic that could compete with the 405 on a bad day. I spent most of the drive trying to get my phone to work....seems there was a system upgrade I needed to allow me to text so once again after I told everyone to text me cause its only 5 cents I havent had much luck - despite a lovely 45 min conversation with the verizon help desk! But I did just get a few from Doug so maybe there's hope.
The little pueblo (town) of Tlaxcala seems nice although it was dark when we arrived & we went direct to a 2 hour team mtg.....people that were here earlier said we are right in the middle of the pueblo & its very quaint. Supposedly there are some internet cafes near by so maybe tomorrow I will go there cause the internet at the hotel isnt working. Our team will have 80 people & 68 are from Mexico...yep wishing I had some spanish I could speak!
Tomorrow is our screening day & we are going to be set up outside a hospital under ez ups supposedly the hospital is "nice" but I have learned that word means different things to different people & cultures They expect only about 100 at screening tomorrow so we will see.
My roomate is Janet & she is an OR nurse from Florida & has done 8 missions so I am sure I will get some tips from her I am fairly certain that the man in the room next to us is a Mexican Opera Singer & he was practicing with his coach for about an hour tonight...sounded like he was right there in our room :) We just finished unpacking & Between Janet & I we can feed most of the team with the snacks we brought & several of the little ones will have a cute outfit & blanket from us - I brought outfits & she brought blankets....Its after midnite so I better get to bed....Buenos Noches!
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