De Colores

It's a strong possibility that my favorite thing about Mexico at the moment is the use of color. Nothing is painted white when it could be painted robin's-egg-blue, Pepto Bismol pink tangerine orange or a mixture of all of the above. Even walls near the roads that were at one point whitewashed are covered with what we might consider well executed grafitti in the US. In reality, it's advertisements for clubs, stores, and political candidates.

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Not only are all the buildings painted exciting colors but they are in combinations that would normally be avoided as ridiculous. The large majority of the walls in the UDLAP library are painted bright pink and complemented by purple couches and red arm chairs. LOVE. I've always been a fan of what many consider to be excessively bright colors and I have finally found kindred spirits. Also, Katie Buetow might be secretly Mexican.

Life is so much more exciting in color!

P.S. Language update: I started writing this is Spanish then realized that which is bad news for all y'all but good news for my progress towards being fluent. I'm settling with Spanglish. Chao!