Ok, yes, sometimes I travel. Like last weekend when thanks to Benito Juarez, we had a 3-day weekend. It occurred to me that I had been in Mexico for 5, almost 6 months and had yet to make it to the beach. That seems funny to me when I think about the many weekends I spent at the beach in Colombia. An extra long weekend was the perfect time to journey to the beach. And it was a journey. I took a transporte van to Oaxaca and another transporte to Puerto Escondido, and just like that, 12 hours later I was at the beach! No wonder I hadn’t made it to the beach yet! It was really beautiful, and totally worth the trip. Essentially, it was everything you could ask for in a beach, warm water, sun, palm trees, beautiful sand and rocks for waves to crash on. I came with no agenda- just to enjoy the beach; so that’s what I did! I also found some live music to listen to, some dancing and some yummy food. I ordered a fish fillet meal at a beach restaurant that was a lot like the meals I ate at the beach in Colombia. Granted, it came with Mexican rice, not arroz con coco and French fries, instead of fried plantains, but other than that it was the same. It made me realize that even though it was not an easy school year last year, being able to spend time on beautiful beaches with good friends was certainly a blessing. A little taste of paradise. There was a Spanish teacher who worked out of the hostel I stayed at, and I decided to make an appointment with her. I speak in Spanish every day, but it’s hard to me to tell whether I’m improving any more. We chatted, went through some exercises and I ended up buying some workbooks for subjuntivo (because it’s subjuntivo!). And she said my Spanish was good-yay! 
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