Hotel F Star Veracruz

Pretty sure that one speed bump I hit in the dark that made the truck and trailer fly shook stuff down too. .<br>I thought for sure I'd killed the girls<br>we hit so hard. Narrow mountain road close to Papantla and we couldn't<br>even stop and check them for almost 10 miles. The trailer literally<br ...

... come to the actual show tomorrow!<br><br>As I have mentioned I have learned so many lessons here in Veracruz. The odd thing is is that these are lessons that I have been trying to learn my whole life. I was telling this to my parents last night and my dad gave me this look like, "Megan, we've been trying to get you to understand this for how many years?" Yes Dad, it's true. However there is this feeling that one gets when traveling with UWP. I can't explain it and I finally ...

... home and they have perfect wireless so I can talk with friends and family and write blogs until my heart is content.<br><br>They are such a wonderful family - so welcoming and kind-hearted. I feel so at home with them and am excited that I will be staying with them for 3 weeks :)<br><br>Today, Tuesday, I start my first day as an advance work intern with UWP. Actually, my day started a couple of hours ago but we are waiting on a few logistics so I have time to update my blog ...

... they think there used to be 365 of them, though many buildings here are not fully restored. It was a real ****** that many were closed off completely & none was available to climb up to get a good view of the site - not impressed. Also many of the best carvings & relics in the museum which was closed, apparently for maintenance, even though they'd had the last 2 weeks to do it as the museum had been closed - gotta love Mexico!

Decidemment cette ville n a AUCUN charme! Apres 6h dans un bus inconfortable et des millions de dos d anes, nous sommes atterit dans une ville tristounette ou nous attend notre premiere pluie depuis notre arrivee au Mexique. Nous esperons que la visite de la pyramide d El Tajin en vaut le coup (etape choisie par Max...). Finalement nous sommes alles camper sur le site d'El Tajin pour assister a un festival tres sympathique et un son et ...

... Victoria for the night. We unpacked and went for a walk, we picked up a few beers and explored some of the local cooking. Mike being a chef wanted to see the kitchen, the "chef" invited us in. Mike just got a picture taken and the Manager started yelling at us and the chef.. oops.. time to go. We headed back to our room to enjoy our nice cool beverages and a well deserved good night sleep.

... We made a great find-- the Hotel Riveria is inexpensive, near the river (with a tiny parking lot) and the room was great-- I prefer this to the more expensive places we've been at lately. I especially liked that the lobby is basically a patio-- easy to wander around and lets in fresh breezes. We relaxed a bit before a late-night stroll around town. This place seems to have a fairly active night life, judging by the cars, but I enjoyed watching the stars on the waterfront.

... can't take the pace anymore. Ana was a colleague of Adriana's who gave myself and Lisa some lessons in teaching English. She taught English in a private school which just so happened to have a boy ...

... on Sunday we bought the newspaper in order for me to find a place to stay and can you believe that there was not one place that we found to be semi decent?! Another problem was that we would call and no one would pick up. What was the purpose for them to put the ad in the first place,it still boggles the mind to this day. We went to Coatepec (15 min away from Jalapa) because the school is on the route from Jalapa. There was one that was semi decent ...

... of fun! Then we returned the hotel, and got ready, and then we went to a Seafood Place. What an experience! I figured I would try out an appetizer... so I picked out something on the menu that said Crab. I thought it was going to be Crab meat, but it came out and it looked like something like pulled pork (as the crab) in some kind of saucy/juice with green olives, onions and tomatoes. It was okay, but definitely not my favorite! Then for my main meal, I thought I ordered Chile ...