the eagle has landed

maribeth´s late night thoughts on having arrived in mexico:

love the billboards. somehow seeing advertising in another culture is much more interesting. my favorite of the night was one depicting a fire hydrant that had sprung a small leak which was squirting a dog sitting next to it which was, in turn, looking back at the hydrant incredulously. ¨qué ironía¨. i have no idea what they were selling.

mexico city was absolutely the most amazing thing to see from a plane window at night. it goes on forever. it was like landing on another planet.

atlanta, being storm central last night, our plane was delayed and we didn´t get into close proximity of our beds until well after 1am. then we had house tours and the like. i am staying in the school´s official residence which means that there´s no family. in fact, there is no one but me here at all. it´s almost 2:30 now (3:30 my time) and i am finally lying down. i am told that someone will knock on my door in the morning and make sure i get to the school. that is a good thing.

one final thought before i close my eyes:if my towel were an advertisement, it would say ¨i´m not a towel, but i play one on TV¨. it looks so fluffy and rich, but don´t be fooled. it just smears the water around my skin, never really absorbing any.

¡viva la revolución!