I had only 2 weekends left, when I can use my student discounts for bus. I cannot loose this opportunity to travel and I decided both weekends to go to visit other cities. As priorities was to visit Jalapa, where is living Michelle - girl I met in the plane to Mexico and second place is Queretaro, where is living Jerry, the guy, who was in Latvia 2 summers ago. I contacted both of them and for the first week decided to go to Jalapa. The most interesting was that when I told that I’m going to visit her, she told me – you are welcome, but take your suit, because we will go to her brother weddings.
It was great news, because even I didn’t hope, that I can see Mexican weddings.
This trip was also special because it was first time I went outside of Mexico city alone.
So Friday after work I took my bus to Jalapa and after 5 hours I arrived there, where I was met by Michelle and her boyfriend.
In the first evening we went to drink a beer in one bar, where we met their friends – very nice people and after it we agreed tomorrow meet at 11 am to go to some small town, what name I don’t remember.
Of course, in the morning they told that don’t want, but also we left home at 12:30. So we had half of day for sightseeing and in the evening we had to go to weddings.
We decide to not go to that city and went to Antropology museum, what was different from one I visited in Mexico city, but after watching so many sculptures, you stop to feel differences.
When everyone was looking “muy guapos”, we went to the church in downtown. As always people in important moments forget something. This time was forgotten wedding rings.
Now I think is most interesting part – what is different from our weddings. Talking about church the base is same, just everything is in Spanish, they sing much and process a bit different, but more or less it is similar.
Then we went to restraint, where suppose to be non official part. It was very big room with many tables. I was sitting next to Michelle’s friend, nice girl, who didn’t speak so much English (later after some amount of alcohol, she started to talk better) :)
If I need shortly to describe non official part, then it was – eating and drinking, talking with people from your table (I had great people on my table, who was tolerant to my Spanish :)) and in the end was dropping bunch of flowers for girls and gum from leg of wife to boys. This time I didn’t manage to get it, it was droped too weak. In the end of the party was dances and I was talking with girl next to me about many different topics.
Next day around midday we went to Veracruz. It was quite close – 1.5 hours by car. Day was great. When we arrived there, first of all we visited Aquarium – big museum with many aquariums and different kind of fishes, also one with sharks.
I enjoyed this time, then met Michelle and Armando, then we took the car and made car tour on the beach - it was very nice places.
We returned to home, eat dinner and in the end we were talking with Michelle, Armando and Michelle’s mother about Europe, Soviet Union … I enjoyed the talk very much.I hope I will visit her one more time to visit pyramids 3 hours from Jalapa.
In the bus station I bought one of the best Mexican coffees as present for my father. My bus was during the night and had to arrive 6:30, but it was 1 hour late and arrive at pick time :(. Finally I couldn’t get in to metro, because it was crowded and I had to take metro to opposite side from my home, to get the first stop of metro line, where metro is empty and I have bigger chance to get inside.
Next week is trip to Nochixtlan in Oaxaca state with Mariana - my teammate.
