May 6th, So I stay in the city one more day. No biggie!

I decided to stay in Mexico city for another day! I've been getting suggestions to go to all of these places I didn't visit on my first trip here, I just had to stay and get myself to these sites. When I got up late again today, the anthropology museum was out, so Bertilde and I took our time getting out the door. The plan was to go to Frida Khalo's big blue house museum after lunch.

I did forget how much I enjoy spending time with Bertilde, though. We talked about Canada alot and the possibilty of living there. She loves to travel but is very limited in the places she can go for family reasons. I feel so much for this woman, everytime I speak with her, I just want to help her with all of my heart. I was talking with her for an hour when Betty (age 22), came home. She is quite different than her brother and sister. For example, if there is a party, she would rather stay in. If there is a museum opening, she wants to be there. I love here though, and since my Dad helped her get a laptop, I now can stay in close contact with her!

The museum was great except for one thing: They put the majority of her paintings away for safety reasons..

Yeah I thought it was a little crazy too. I took pictures of the outside which was very beautiful and sat with Betty in the pretty outside seating area. After Bertilde finished ripping on the security for putting the pictures away, she sat with us and thus our crazy multi-lingual conversation began. I spoke French with Bertilde, working to not use any spanish when speaking with her, I spoke spanish with Betty and she responded in English. Then Betty would translate my English to Bertilde in Spanish, and Bertilde would confirm what she heard from Betty to me in French. I would confirm in either Spanish or French. It was a big beautiful circle of languages.
After the museum, we went to a restaurant for coffee and mini cakes. The language circle continued, but this time we wrote translations on a napkin to further our education. When we left, I felt like I was on cloud 9. There truly is no feeling like being able to speak in another language. You can learn about people, their culture, yourself..it's amazing.

I'm back at the house now, working side by side with Betty on our laptops. We have the english/spanish dictionary and my big verb book with us, as we string together sentences. For example: I don't fit into my pants now- yo no quepo en mis pantalones ahora!
I am so happy right now.
OH and I am going to Tecolutla tomorrow afternoon. I'm glad I stayed in the city today, but I'm ready to get down there.