I don’t tend to get homesick. Really. I make friends easily wherever I am, and while I will always miss specific people who are important to me, I don’t get homesick or lonely very often.
I guess I am a bit out of my element right now, because I am too busy in my course in Mexico City to really take my usual steps towards making myself at home. I get up at 8am, get to school at 9:30, start class at 10, finish at 5, and then go home and do homework until I go to bed. This is fine, because I know this course will help me support myself abroad. But for right now, I don’t really have any time to make new friends or get to know the city, and that sort of stinks.
I went for a walk today, and I found myself missing Xela. Part of it’s just the feeling of community: really, I can’t walk down the street in Xela without running into at least a few people I know.
Mexico City is the complete opposite: total anonymity. Now, this is very refreshing in some ways, but as I don’t know anyone right now, it’s a little overwhelming.
I’m sure that once my course is over and I have the time, I will find a home for myself here or wherever I get a job in Mexico. Right now, though, I miss my friends in Xela. In particular, it’s hard not to miss the house where I lived, the aptly named Casa Loca. Usually 7-9 people of us in the house, it was at different times fun, annoying, crazy and family-like. However I felt, it was impossible to be lonely.
In with the old, out with the new. Two new roommates get baptized into the house:
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Hope this isn’t intrusive.. but upon my mindless google searching for Xela information, I stumbled on your blog entries.. lovely posts. I am going to Xela in May, so I am trying to find different living options– would you happen to have any contact information on Casa Loca? It seems like a wild place to live haha..
Posted 10 Mar 2010 at 3:10 pm ¶Thanks so much, happy travels.
Hi Lily,
Well, it’s just a private house so usually you’d need to meet someone before getting a room. If there is room, though, you’re almost 100% sure to get one as long as you don’t seem like a total freak. To contact them, try “Viva La Casa Loca” on facebook or stop by Salsa Rosa while you are in town. (Salsa Rosa is at Diagonal 11 and 8 Calle, the owner Ciomara also runs the house.)
Other options for houses include Yoga House and Entremundos.
I don’t know how long you are going to Xela for though, to stay in one of these houses usually you’d have to be staying for a couple months or more.
Another good option is Hostal Don Diego. It’s in a fabulous location, and has a really cheap monthly rate. It’s a good place to meet people since a lot of the people staying there are there for awhile (most people i know were staying there for a month)
Posted 12 Mar 2010 at 8:21 am ¶Post a Comment