Surprise...

Things I didn't expect to be popular in Mexico that are:

• The faux (pronounced "fo") hawk
• the three wheeled bicycle-these things are amazing, two wheels in front with a big bucket for carrying stuff and one wheel in the back
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (who would have thought? but the merchandise is everywhere)
• Kneck braces (people drive crazy here and it shows!)
• The fact that nobody has change. Sometimes I need to pay for something that costs 30 pesos with 50 pesos and a store won't have change (note-that's like paying 5 american dollars and needing to receive 2 dollars back). This is a serious problem!
• The fact that everybody smokes. It's like I'm in Europe or something.
• The fact that the majority of people at my university speak at least 3 languages moderately fluently. Most speak Spanish, English, and French.
• The fact that there are so many clowns. I see so many of these guys in the center of town and on the buses it is really ridiculous. They are professional clowns who make their living doing clown things. Wow, now that's a foreign concept.