I learned how to drive a stick shift! This is quite an accomplishment I think - it's difficult. Most of the cars in Mexico are standard so it's a good skill to learn. The reason I learned is that the company car my work is going to buy is a standard, so if I want to use it I had to learn to drive a stick. The problem is that I took the stick shift driving course over a month ago and we still dont have the company car. So now I've gone a month without any practice and am afraid I'm going to forget everything I learned...
I went to a bar down here to watch the SuperBowl. What a good game and half-time show. The only bad thing was that in Mexico we don't get the American commercials - so I had to watch those later. I learned from watching the game on Mexican tv that the broadcasters down here think that if you say anything twice, it sounds better. For example, one broadcaster would say "And that's the end of the first quarter." Then a second later, another one would say the same thing. Is that really necessary?! haha they did that throughout the entire game. 
I've tried 2 new foods in the past month... The first is called a torta ahogada. The name literall
y translates as "drowned sandwich" and is called so because the pork sandwich is submerged in a spicy salsa. The bread is really crunchy so the salsa makes it softer. It was good! 
I also tried a flavored michelada. You may remember from an earlier post that a michelada is a drink made with beer, tomato juice, lime juice, and salsa. Sounds horrific but it's actually good. And recently I tried a flavored one! Mine was tamarindo, but you can also have mango, strawberry, pineapple, etc... It's delicious with the flavors!
P.S. The girl in the first picture with me is a Mexican friend and the girl in the second picture is my American roomate.
