I am Back Online Putitas!

 I am back ladies and gentlemen, muchachitos y muchachitas! Unfortunately, I am back in the good ol' U.S. of A, and it's really not that good. You mexicans really got to this gringas heart.

I have been gone from DF for one week and one day, and I am heartbroken and devastated. I have got to get back soon, otherwise I am in danger of becoming too 'gringa'. There are a lot of things I miss about Mexico, DF and Roma, mi colonia.

When I first got on the place to go home, the one thing I realized was how rude Americans on the plane were, and most of them happened to be from the south. I was stuck between two huge Army guys, their arms were the size of my head, I felt so small. I kept falling asleep on the plane and waking up everytime my head bumped into one of the guys giant arms. And of course these guys were 'war buddies' so they were chit chatting across me the whole way and taking up the seat space with their abnormally huge, torpedo sized arms.

One of my favorite parts about making the journey to and from Mexico, is customs. The officers who check my passport are always assholes and ask about a thousand questions as to why I was in Mexico and with who. I just keep it simple now and tell them that I was in Mexico living with my fiance, and they always seem baffled that a white girl like me would want to be living in Mexico with a Mexican, which always makes me laugh.

I am not sure what it is, but people who work in airports have to be some of the rudest people I have ever met. They really are a different breed of people. And traveling without an Ipod makes it even worse! There was a woman behind me on my second flight who would not stop complaining about everything! And her poor husband, he had to sit there and listen to her. Then, at that moment, I imagined my and my boyfriend when we are older and hoped that we would never be like that!!! It was dreadful listening to this old woman complain.. 'ugh I hate the taste of this coffee!' 'I hate how the air comes out in the plane from the vents!' 'I hate how small these chairs are!' 'I hate this I hate that, fix this, fix that!' OH MY GOD! I went insane! I wanted to turn around and wring her neck and tell her 'Woman, you are on a plane not Starbucks, obviously the coffee is going to suck! The seats are small because  you are on a damn airplane! How can you complain about AIR!' I was missing my Mexicans right away.

There are a lot of things I miss about Mexico. I miss the tortas, tacos, juice stands, street food, esquite and pozole. I miss Colonia Roma and the market, the cafes, restaurants, people, shops and parks there. I think I definitely lived in one of the best and most beautiful areas of Mexico City. I miss the museums, Lagunilla, Chapultepec, Condessa, Zocalo, and Coyoacan. I miss the drives to Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan. I miss random, creepy, old me on the street whispering disgusting things to me. I miss the performers at the stop lights, even the ones who were mimes and didn't even wash the cars but pretended to. I can say, I even miss people trying to put their fingers in my ass on the Metro!

Zocalo in DF

by Alyssa Denne

 Tepoztlan
By Chanfle Cerqueda

Cuernavaca

By Alyssa Denne

Here comes the cheesy part, most of all I miss Chanfle :)

I had a going away party with some of the most amazing people I have ever met. We had a small Akumal Reunion with the people I worked with during my internship in Akumal one year ago. We had a really good time and things got kind of crazy. We ended up taking friends back to our apartment in Roma and drinking and enjoying eachothers company until about 6am. The bad idea was, I had to wake up at 9am to leave for my flight. I told myself I would not go to the airport hungover, and I didn't! I ended up going drunk still!!! But we had a really amazing night and I can't wait to see my friends again when I return.

Here are some photos from my last night there with friends

Mexico, this gringa isn't going anywhere! I am coming back but until then, I will be posting about all of my experiences from the past couple of months.

Until next time,

Your Pinche Gringa Loca

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