Monterrey update....finally!

At the end of January, beginning of February we took a trip to Monterrey, Mexico on our long weekend. We ended up going with two of the girls on Katie's soccer team. One of the girls, MariRosy, had a car (which was awesome) as well as her grandparents are from there so she knew where everything was! It was different to travel with two Mexicans who didn't care to see some of the historical or even the city important sites. We went to a couple really nice restaurants while we were there and loved just being out of Torreon! One of them had karaoke music and dancing while the other one just had music in the background with lots of music videos.

One day while we were there we took a car trip (it reminded me a lot of driving through the East coast and all of us getting sick in the car....) to the waterfalls that were beautiful even though they were pretty little. It was nice to be in a place that was super green and full of beauty away from smelly industrial Torreon! At the waterfalls you could go ziplining, ride in a mule kart, or take a horse, however we opted for walking.

That same night we went to Lucha Libre. This is a complete joke, but something that all Mexicans do and is even celebrated on tv, in movies (aka- Nacho Libre), and my kids' toys. Monterrey is said to have the second best fights only to Mexico City. We met up with some people who were teaching in Monterrey (Eda's friend's brother and his teaching buddies ) and got the inside scope as well as some funny laughs and stale cotton candy!

In Monterrey we were able to wander around shopping and exploring. One afternoon I wandered into a Christian bookstore and found a new Hillson c.d. that I have been playing like crazy in my classroom since I have a c.d. player, but no c.d.'s :-). I also found the book Fearless by Max Lucado (in Spanish) that I have enjoyed reading!