I definitely experienced a bit of a culture shock when I went to Mexico. Everyone was super shy at first meet, but they actually became pretty friendly once they got over their shyness. But sense of personal space is no more once shyness is over.
The kids were eager to learn and were very curious (especially when it came to my iPod and my video camera). I was a little nervous because I was a little bit rusty with my Spanish but stuff started to come back toward the end of the week. From all my Spanish I took in high school and college I forgot that girls kissed on the cheek when saying hi so I was surprised at first when all of the little girls did that but it was quickly picked up.
Family and community are very important values to the people and the culture. I really enjoyed that because family is a good value to have and it is important to me.
A final random thought was how many dogs there were! They were everywhere. I thought I would have seen more cats but I guess its because all the dogs chased them away.
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