My first day in Saltillo, Monterrey, Mexico

    I arrived in Mexico yesterday. The trip was not much fun. I had slept only 2-3 hours before leaving Ravensburg and I had to drive to the airport early (5am) as I wanted to get the VAT back for my notebook. Anyhow, that didn't work (Bummer).

The flight took forever. I had to fly into Atlanta and to my surprise I had to go through all customs procedures just because I was gonna have another stop over in Houston before finally heading down to Mexico.

I hate flying, I always end up drinking too much coke and coffee and I keep watching TV. After more than 20 hours I was finally in Mexico. My expectations were right on... my luggage was missing already! Anyhow, this happens a lot and not just in Mexico, but the service lady told me that Continental had lost 60 suitcases that day... Hmmm I wonder whether that overhead is what drives these smart and efficient companies out of business these days.

The gentlemen I was sitting next to on my flight from Houston to Monterrey was kindly offering to drop me off in the city to catch a bus to Saltillo. While getting out I heard some European guy in a suit say 'Saltillo'. Then it hit me... he must be here for business and will be picked up by his partner. I immediately grabbed him and asked him how he was getting to Saltillo. Before I knew it his private driver had driven us the 80km to Saltillo and I was having drinks with some business guys from around the world I gladly accepted the offer but didn't want to push it by also accepting the dinner invitation.

I had called Thorsten already to pick me up and he arrived a few minutes later. We went straight home, I dropped my stuff and naturally went to some student party drinking too much Tequila, Bacardi and Tecate... The mix wasn't the best as it turned out so I needed a long long sleep to recover.

More to come soon...
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