Chelsea has been in Mexico City (for two weeks so far) she is doing her internship (for her masters in business degree). She has sent us some photos, messages, videos and most importantly her happiness.
Chelsea's photo: El Angel de la Independencia on Reforma, a monument to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence.
We were walking around Coyoacan in the South of Mexico City and just like that we found ourselves in the middle of Sunday afternoon dancing...
The music, salsa, the food, the weather, the people. and the language, she is also learning Spanish, her fifth language.
Her goals:
1) Learn Spanish.
2) Find a dance class.
3) Wear more color. Chelsea added that this will be the hardest goal of them all.
Chelsea went on to say:
"... One of the difference, is that in Marseille when it rains, everyone stays in.
Here, no one seemed bothered and everyone kept on going.
We walked around the Old Center and the Zocalo for awhile...
.. but we ended up in a Starbucks with hot cup of coffee !
It was too tempting not to !
Though her favorite drink in Mexico is.....
Agua de Jamaica
Chelsea wrote, " Agua de Jamaica is probably one of the reasons I came back to Mexico... I tried to make it on my own after tasting it two years ago but it just never tasted the same...
You can't just buy it in a bottle, it has to come from a vendor on the street like in the picture above... that makes it taste a million times better.
Well we found one on Sunday and it was the best I've ever had.
About a dollar, less than a euro, for that huge american size cup ... made my day.
According to my dear friend Wiki, it's called Hibiscus tea in English and it's "the infusion made from the calyces (sepals) of the Hibiscus sabdariffa flower, an herbal tea drink consumed both hot and cold by people around the world."
I know that I plan on drinking an unreasonable amount while I'm here." Chelsea wrote.
I am glad my daughter is well, that she is finding deep pockets of happiness in the simple things life has to offer. Moreso, that she is not afraid to discover, venture, and learn a new language.
Mr. Espresso, her boyfriend is also doing an intership in Mexico City. The two of them rented a car this weekend, and headed for the coast.
I am awaiting news and trying not to be nervous.....
Though Chelsea reassures us:
"I am happy here, yep, I like it!"
