Veracruz Stories


all good things must come to an end

Ok, It's Friday but I'm writing about thursday, so if I float in and out of "today" and "yesterday" just remember that it's all thursday. What a fantastically Mexican holiday it was yesterday. It started out with no water again (yes, again) so I walked to school, took a shower and rubbed on the sunscreen because we were taking field trip to Chachala...


the well ran dry...

I got up this morning, got into the shower, turned the water on..... and there was nothing there. So, I stood there for a minute, because I certainly wasn't awake and couldn't quite remember that I'm in Mexico, and that in Mexico things don't always work when you ask them to. Eventually, I put my pjs back on, packed up my shower stuff again and went o...


6 chickens, 3 pounds of tortillas and a bucket of salsa

We have water!!!! Thank god. I was able to shower in my own house instead of doing the morning walk of shame. It put me in a much better mood. We had breakfast and Linda (the owner) asked me if I could accompany Guadalupe to the market because she had to pick up food for everyone for lunch (even though that would make me late for class). So, Lupe a...


sharks are scary

Monday... day, what, 3 of having no water. I packed up my things and walked through the streets of Veracruz in my pajamas to get to the school and take a shower. I make it sound like a trek through the desert, but it was only one block :-) Anyway, I arrived at the school, took a shower and had breakfast. This week's school schedule is a little str...