I seem to be missing a post I made yesterday.  I'll figure that out later.  For now, though, we've arrived and settled into Guadalajara.  We got here yesterday, and after a rather interesting ride in a tiny car with five people and all the luggage, we made it to where Sean and I are staying.  Camilo is supposedly only ten minutes away walking, but I haven't made the trip over to his appartments just yet.

We're in a, err, interesting part of Guadalajara.  It reminds me kind of like Bird Road in Miami.  Fairly nice houses, new cars, etc, but heavily gated, doors with bars and a padlock, and fence with small barbed wire on top.   One great thing, though, is the fact that there's a wal-mart style store only a block away, and we were able to pick up towels, bottled water, toilet paper, and other things we'll need for our stay.  Everyone has been very friendly, especially the local that picked us up at the airport, and even though I don't speak Spanish yet I'm able to follow a conversation--just don't ask me any questions!

I may find myself wearing shorts regularly for the first time in my life.  The temperature hikes up to the nineties during the day, and the building isn't air conditioned.  That's something I've taken for granted in Miami, that almost all housing has some form of AC, and it didn't even occur to me to inquire about it.  We're going to need a lot of water!

We'll be making a trip over to campus this afternoon, and I believe we'll be getting a tour of the facilities.  I'm curious to see what it is like, and where we will be able to find desks/etc to work.  I'm eager to get started and see what we can do.