weekend wrap-up (yes, I know it's Wednesday)

On Saturday, we spent some quality time with Mister Water (or Senor Agua, I suppose) at the campus pool. The weather was beautiful and it felt good to soak up some sunshine after a few days of rain. Rob and Gavin, being competitive boys, decided they needed to race. Of course. I got to play judge to be sure that neither cheated, blah blah blah. After like six races, they got involved in a rowdy game of water polo meets pool basketball.


Rob and I checked out an amazing Italian restaurant on Saturday night, and officially stuffed ourselves. Two entrees, a pizza (which served 2 with leftovers), 5 glasses of wine and two perfect little cream-puffs cost a whopping 460Pesos, including a hefty tip. It was the first restaurant I've found here to serve artichoke hearts. I was in heaven.

On Sunday, we went on an adventure to Huasteca (sp?) with some friends we've made here in Monterrey. We drove (and drove and drove) out to the mountains to a former dam. The road was super dusty and bumpy, and there were some interesting sites along the way:

a cow tied into the bed of an old pickup...he was the lucky one, his 12 buddies had to walk behind the truck

no, your eyes are not deceiving you. that is, in fact, two kids sitting on top of an effing Explorer. An Explorer that was totally flying down a gravel/dirt road. Rob's fave part: the girl on the right is wearing a black bra OUTSIDE of her white shirt

just when you thought the wonders would never cease: (above) a kid hanging out the front window of a taxi, also flying down the gravel/dirt road and (below) two kids sitting on top of a doon-buggy's gas tank, but at least they're wearing helmets, right?!

We saw the old dam (which may have never actually held any water...oh, Mexico) and watched some crazy guys on their dirt bikes. All in all, it was a pretty cool day.

Gavin, Izzy, Annie, Tracie, Rob and me

(Denise took the pic...she's rad too)