A Few Observations

8 hours of school and afternoons spent lounging around is even less interesting to write about than living in Sucre. But here are a few thoughts on Veracruz:

This is essentially the US with slightly more dilapidated infrastructure. Walmart, Carls Jr, 4g networks, and the Hunger Games can be found throughout the city. There are absolutely no foreign tourists... other than the students at the school I have seen 2 English-speakers. I had read that this was not a touristy place and the people who did come were mostly Mexican tourists, but for a beach city with 500,000+ people it is a pleasant surprise that English is all but absent.

 I never stopped believing in you big guy

The food is awesome. It took me 7 days before I finally ate a non-Mexican dish and it is looking like another 7 days before I need break. Part of that is Mexican food has always been my favorite, but there are just so many different meats and salsas that I could eat tacos every meal for a month and it would be a slightly different taste. Mix in empanadas, quesadillas, picadas, chile rellenos, and mole and I am set for life.

 Fresh tacos al pastor!

Finally, there are no police here... just the millitary. I haven't done my own reading, but from what the teachers have told me there were some issues with drugs here a few years ago. So the government replaced the municipal force with the millitary and now there are no problems. You will often see pickup trucks full of soliders equipped with machine guns patroling the boulevard flashing their lights, but I have yet to see them actually do anything. And they are very polite, I usually say hi when I walk by a group and get a friendly response. From what I have experienced so far this is an incredibly safe city and I have no problem with their presence.

 ¡Hola!