pre-beginning

In just over three weeks we will be arriving in Mexico D.F. on our way to a semester in Oaxaca. That's what this blog is for, keeping track of the adventure publicly. Last Friday Marina and I spent part of our evening in Powells looking at the cutesy language books. We learned that some Mexicans say "marcame" instead of "llamame" when they want someone to call them, and that beer isn't always "cervesa" sometimes it's a different word I already forgot. And she was wearing her new over-the-shoulder zippered-and-pickpocket-proof bag, but it's still hard to wrap my head around that we are actually leaving soon! Part of my head is still in a completely different world trying to keep track of where we were in England this time last January. (on January 13 2008 we left Bath and went to Wales) Crazy!