Adios Puebla...nos vemos en dos semanas!

The end of my program has arrived. I can hardly believe it has been almost six months since I arrived in Puebla. For the next two weeks our class of 16 will be traveling south on an educational excursion. I woke up on Sunday after my last night in my host family house and foraged myself some cheerios because my host mom was really sick with salmonella poisoning. She came downstairs for a little bit and we chatted about the last months together and the family and such. I finished getting all my things packed up into my suitcase and my small duffel bag to take along for the two-week trip. I said goodbye to the whole family, although I am coming back after the trip to visit them again with my family. It felt a little weird driving away with Christian and all my stuff knowing that I could no longer call Concepcion Calzada Zavaleta my home again. Christian, his mom and his aunt and I all went to the Analco market for the afternoon and bought street side sushi and a few other things that they needed for the house. It was extremely hot out and even hotter in the car. That evening at 9 pm the entire group met in the CAPU bus station for our scheduled departure at 10 pm to San Cristobal de las Casas. I took a sleeping pill that Christian had given me and slept the entire 11-hour journey. I woke up the next day a 9 am as the bus rolled into the station in San Cristobal. Apart from feeling slightly disoriented by my complete loss of an entire night I was feeling great, unlike some of the others who only managed a few sporadic hours of light sleep. Welcome to Chiapas! We caught some taxis to our hotel and checked in. We all showered and then decided to head out and explore. Our first stop was a little café on the main restaurant strip and then we all walked over to the artisan market. San Cristobal is famous for Amber and there was tons of Amber jewelry vendors throughout the marketplace. They also had amazing stitch-work bags and clothing. I found some fun gifts and souvenirs that I have no space to fit in my little duffel. The others bought some amber jewelry and some other things. After that we walked through the produce market through the rows and rows of fresh vegetables and fruit. Then back to the hotel to rest and check emails.Later we went out for tacos across the street from the hotel. They were fantastic.