Quickly

I am pretty tired right now. Had a big day. I woke up at 5:30 to someone ringing bells outside my homestay room: I think it was a van that parked and was going to set up in the market at the park (El Llano or Juarez park, tiene dos nombres) but I couldn´t figure out why they were ringing bells, and why so long?!! It wasn´t the church bells, just regular bells. I ended up falling back asleep until I got up at my normal time and had breakfast with the homestay dueños. Went to school where I had a short day of 9-2 and then moved the Hotel Las Mariposas where my room is lovely and was ready. Dad and I hurried to get to Monte Alban and were disappointed that the hours changed since the publishing of my guide and we only had one and a half hours to explore the amazing ruins instead of 2.5. It was still pretty magnificent and amazing to be there. We took a leisurely walk back across the city center from where we were dropped off and then had a beer on the hotel terrace. Afterwards we walked and had dinner at Maria Bonita, I had the first salad I have had in Mexico and it tasted great!

Tomorrow morning dad and I are exploring individually, I think I am going to visit some churches and a museum. Then we are taking a colectivo sort of a taxi to the pueblo of Teotitlan del Valle. I cannot find the accents on this keyboard so I am not writing correctly. Anyway, we are spending the night in Teotitlan del Valle and visiting Mitla and maybe another pueblo called Tlacolula on Sunday before returning to Oaxaca ciudad. I have class on Monday and Tuesday here. I am looking forward to a busy and interesting weekend!