Sorpresas, sorpresas por las Tigresas

The great joy created by finding a house on Tigres street was smashed the day after signing the contract by a phone call from our flatmate, Anastasya: “I have very bad news. I just came with the rest of my luggage to our place and it appears someone broke in.”
Excellent! The backdoor was broken, the front door wide open and the airconditioner in one of the rooms was taken out of the wall. The thieves probably wanted to take it away but did not manage to. Fortunately, that was the most valuable belonging in the house, as we hadn’t brought our things there yet. We felt lucky that we hadn’t been there and that nothing had actually been stolen but however, we were scared enough to decide to find a new place.
One of our lovely Mexican friends helped us and after a few hours we were visiting a beautiful apartment, located in a slightly farther-from-the-party-places area, but very well secured. That was what we were searching for. Two days later, we moved in, leaving the cozy place of our dear friend who had hosted us for five days. So here we are, living in three different homes in less than one week, trying to make ourselves comfortable and hoping that this third time is the lucky one. We already had a kind of warming-up event, cooking some Mexican fast-food, watching a movie starring Mexican actors, laughing to tears, receiving moving-in gifts and planning new trips and parties.

Except for the logistical preoccupations that covered our week, we made some small tours of the city – Passeo Santa Lucia by boat, Mirador del Obispado - a viewpoint of Monterrey under the most beautiful flag in the world and the biggest in Latin America, the gorgeous bandera mexicana -, tried lots of types of traditional food, among which the spicy tacos and delicious plates from Oaxaca, and had a great time.
Pictures are coming up soon and we hope to post updates about our adventures more often. It might take some time though, since we signed the contract for Internet at home today but it will take between 5 and 20 working days to have it done. In Mexican terms, this could actually mean much more, so we are trying to practice our patience.