I begin this post with this strange title because I am writing these a week or two late since I didn’t have wifi to post. About once a week, I have an encounter with a cockroach. I have never seen one before this trip. They are so huge and gross. They come into the house when it is raining, which is usually at night. I don’t know how they get in and I refuse to be the one to squish it. This is one thing I do not intend to overcome on this trip. Anyways, just thought it would be a fun way to title my posts.

I am so glad that I came down to Queretaro early with the WOU group. It was great to get to know the city and explore the center since I will be living outside of the center. We visited San Miguel Allende one day. That was a shocker. So many people and so many busses.

This week has definitely been a shock for me. I am looking forward to settling in next week and finding my groove. Sometimes, my experiences are so crazy and so shocking that I kind of just laugh. I took a bus home from school with one other student in my class. We knew we had to get off at an OXXO (like 7-11 store) but every single stop was close to an OXXO! We ended up not getting off and then all of a sudden the bus was going up a big hill and started driving faster and faster. We slowed down in this more sketchy area of town. We didn’t want to get off so we decided to just stay on and wait for the bus to come around. It was dark by the time the last person left the bus and we began descending down the huge hill. The driver turned off the lights inside the bus and we managed to explain to him where we lived. He gladly helped us find our stop. That first bus ride took an hour and a half. I hope to get a better hang of the bus system next week.

The WOU group.

In the downtown Queretaro.