I wrote this last night but didn't publish it...

Well, we’ve almost settled ourselves in San Cristobal. I guess that tonight will be my third night in the magical town…the first night I stayed in a hostel but then for last night I moved to the amazing apartment of Alica and her mom, Sara. They are from Tepic, a town near Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific side of central Mexico, but Alica has been studying in Vancouver for a few years. Her mom decided to take time off and live in Chiapas for a few months to be with her daughter. So anyway, they found this great place right in the centre, one balcony overlooks the Plaza 31 de marzo, which is the main plaza, and the other balcony overlooks the main Cathedral. The building is beautfiul and colonial with very high ceilings and the balcony doors are of a very old dark wood. Anyway, this apartment has 2 bedrooms, each with 2 beds, theres 3 bathrooms (2 showers) a huge livingroom/diningroom, kitchen and big hall area, so its fin for four people. After not having much luck finding apartments here and with such a desire to get settled, Sara has offered that Andres and I set ourselves up here until we find a place. So far we’ve had 3 possiblities. The first was too far away, it was nice, with a nice balcony, but we just didn’t feel right about getting home from downtown. Anyway the landlord of that place is this big lawyer guy, and he has another house, he tells us. I was so happy to be with Andres during all this, because while I trust my Spanish, I’m not sure if I trust my polite Spanish…to say the proper things in a situation like this…I trust my dear Colombian friend Andres. So anyway this Licenciado starts talking all this good stuff about the other place that may become availble as of the first (today). From what he’d said, I’d told him that we’d for sure be interested in it. So he says, the people who are there now have been there for 4 years…and that he’s not sure when they’re leaving…he will find out tomorrow at 8 am, and could we come back in the morning? So we go this morning at 9 and in typical mexican fashion, he hadnt heard from the senores, how about we call him back at 5. So at 5 he tells us that these tenants want to stay for one more month! Ay que lastima, decimos. Anyway this place is perfect…I can’t describe it, and I don’t want to becausse it will make me want to live there even more and it may not work out. Maybe I’ll take a photo.

I’ve been in Mexico for 9 days now, and my Spanish has both returned to its previous state and gone past the point where I was when I was in Costa Rica last, its so exciting. I am in love with Mexico and the Spanish language…but I didn’t need to come here to know that.