Texas and Mexico

Dear Blog,

It has been far too long since I´ve written to you. Let me update you on what has been going on. On Tuesday morning, Juan and I left New Orleans. I know that I promised to upload photos for you, but I am at an Internet Cafe right now and not on my personal laptop. We drove throgh Louisiana, which has a lot of bridges because of the swamps. Next, we drove through Texas. We ate at Willy Ray´s Bar-B-Q, which had excellent ribs. Our original plan was to stop in Houston, but we would have hit rush hour, which would have been like trying to go west on 66 at about 5:30, so we took a little detour to avoid the traffic. We went south on US 59 toward Laredo, TX. Southern Texas is about as creepy as it gets. I saw a sign that read "GUNS EXIT NOW." It is so vast and my cell didn´t get reception, and I felt like I was in the perfect set-up for a horror film. Finally, we got to Laredo very late and stayed the night.

Yesterday we crossed the border, which was surprisingly anti-climactic. We paid a toll, but nobody checked our car or asked for our passports or anything. Lame. If we hadn´t had to register the car, I don´t know if they ever would have checked our stuff. After we figured out all the car stuff, we began our drive south. We saw a lot of rural poverty on the side of the road. It was very sad to see how some people have to live in Mexico.

The landscape is beautiful and the highways, especially the tolls, are pretty much like the ones in the U.S. As soon as I can e-mail pictures from my computer, I will. The strange part was that we kept seeing random animals on the side of the highway. We saw horses, goats, sheep, and donkeys. They all just graze right by the interstates. Last night, we stayed in San Luis Potosi, a colonial town about 4 hours north of Mexico City. I ate Aztec soup and some sort of marinated meat--it was really good. We are going to explore the city a little bit more, and then head to D.F. I will write to you soon!

I miss everyone!

Love you,
Jenny (almost) en la ciudad