Traveling with Ainhoa to her old stomping grounds of Guadalajara and then to travel through Guanajuato, León, and Puebla, before hanging out a few days in Mexico City.
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Interesting observations about Mexico
- Mexicans are humble, honest, and generally friendly.
- Mexicans put chili on everything. No, seriously, everything.
- Many things named after Miguel Hidalgo (Mexican revolutionary).
- Public bathrooms cost between 3-10 pesos, including some stores.
- At the toilets, they give you a certain amount of toilet paper, or there is one roll outside of the toilet, and you take some in with you.
- Mexicans speak in the simple past, like the Asturianos.
- "Alto" instead of stop signs. (Morocco is the only other country I've ever seen it say anything other than "stop").
- Mexicans drive very aggressively.
- 'E' for estacionamiento instead of 'P' for parking, unlike rest of world.
- Mexican street sellers are loud, but not aggressive (read: bothersome) like in some other countries.
- Despite the intense heat, people have on long sleeves and even jackets, in the middle of the day.
- The women wear a lot of makeup.
- Mexicans aren't fat but also no one is skinny.
- Volkswagen beetle may be the official car of Mexico.
- Mexicans don't throw toilet paper in the toilet, but in a trash can.
- Mexico is more similar to US when it comes to smoking - they do it way less than in Europe.
- In Europe you see people with fútbol shirts (i.e. Barça, Man U, Bayern), but in Mexico you see American cities and (all) sports teams.
- I learned many new words, and new definitions for words I already knew.
- The fruit here is so good: bananas, papaya, guava, dragon fruit, mango, zarzamora (blackberry).
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