First Impressions

After weeks of anticipation I arrived in Monterrey Mexico to start my five weeks of living and learning and trying not to make a fool of myself. I love having the opportunity to visit new places and experience new cultures. I pride myself on being somewhat of a Renaissance Man. I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things. I think the fact that I can roll my "R's" and I like spicy food makes Mexico a perfect fit for me.

I arrived on Sunday after an uneventful trip that only had me delayed by 30 minutes or so. Thankfully I had a good book to read on the plane and didn't even realize we had been delayed. Of course I was without a book on my last trip when I sat on a plane for 10 hours (5 on the ground and 5 in the air). I kept myself occupied during that delay by drifting in and out of sanity. My host was at the airport to pick me up about 10 minutes after I arrived so that was nice that I didn't have to wait that long. She was accompnied by a man who I assumed to be her husband or other acquaintance. He was holding a sign with my name on it just below the large red letters on his soccer shirt. Reading in a traditional Left-to-right, top-to-bottom fashion the message read "BIMBO...Adam Larsen - Teleperformance". I didn't know if he was making a judgement about me, or if this was only missing the question mark and he was offering to help me find a "companion".

Turns out, BIMBO is the name of a company that sponsors his favorite soccer/football team.

We arrived at the hotel and I got checked in without incident. Thankfully. The hotel is nice and the rooms are clean. I'm most impressed by the extra large buttons for flushing the toilet. No, that's not a type-o. There are two buttons for flushing. One seems to be for an average flush that should take care of any average activity. The larger button, larger for a reason I guess, is some sort of Super Flush that sends all of the tub water from the room directly above me shooting down the toilet carrying with it anything in the vicinity that is not tied down. It...is...AWESOME!

I'll make sure to write about any other unique aspects of my accomodations that I'm sure you'll all find fascinating. Stay tuned for lots more adventures and insight into my time away from home!