(P.S. This event is chronologically before the last post, just so y'all know)
The weekend after we went to Puerto Vallarta, we went to Guadalajara. It was Hector's final weekend, on Sunday he headed off on the airplane to go live in Germany for a year, the lucky kiddo! Before that, we had a final family gathering for him, and he ate his last tacos for a year! The family gathering was interesting for me, I was laughed at a lot for my spanish and lack of comprehension (story of my life). They did, however, teach me many swears that consist of words or hand signals, and sometimes both at the same time. Awfully useful, if I ever end up in some sort of swearing battle here, or feel the need to converse with Mexican hoodlums. Earlier that day, we went to the classiest mall I've ever seen, there were bonfire pits, mini golf courses, and auditoriums scattered amongst the high end stores. It was an open roof, with artfully covered walkways. I never knew a mall could be artistic and classy, but this one managed!
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| Family photo! |
On Sunday the entire family plus Hector's grandparents made our way to the airport (it was a full van). There were a few hours of waiting, and during that time there was an interesting diversion. A random man came running by, shouting that there was someone in the line a ways down in the airport. I, of course, had no idea what was going on but my family started speed walking in that direction so I followed. Turns out it was Pedro Fernandez, a famous Mexican musician. I still didn't know who it was, but I got a picture with him (why not?). Finally, it was time for Hector to leave. I was actually quite sad to see him leave, we became really close in the three weeks we lived together. Also, he's one of the most perpetually happy and goofy people I know. He was a pretty great person to have around when I was having a grumpy moment. Ah well, he's off on an adventure in Germany, and last time we talked he was saying how he was never returning to Mexico, he's that much in love with Germany!
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| Pedro Fernandez! I actually saw him on the telly last week at a boxing match, he is actually pretty famous! |
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| Goodbye buddy! |
After we said our final goodbyes, we all piled back into the van and went out to a redneck restaurant in the outskirts of Guadalajara, called Bierrieria Chololo. It had antler chandeliers, and just had that redneck atmosphere (if you can envision it, who knows). The food was absolutely fantastic, although that likely doesn't come as much of a surprise. Afterwards we tried our hand at painting a ceramic minion ( the outcome wasn't very attractive), and had some Mexican sweets! Nom nom. On the way back to Tepic through Guadalajara, we popped into a baby shower of a cousin twice removed or something. Despite the parents calling it a "quick visit", it meant 45 minutes of kissing random women's cheeks, listening to them talk while nodding at (what I hope were) the right moments. I never thought that was what my first baby shower would be like, but ah well! Super random, but we got free candy and water bottles adorned with baby shower stickers, so it was all good. It was another fun weekend adventure, filled with confusing things and awesome experiences
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| This kid is adorable. Thanks to his obsession with minions, we have many Despicable Me - themed things, such as soap dispensers, posters, containers.... |
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| Redneck restaurant |
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| Om nom, Mexican candy. |
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| Salsa, cheesy beans, and delicious, greasy meat. |
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| We would call this here Minion " muy feo" |
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| Souvenir from that terribly sentimental Baby Shower |
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