The loud speaker in my ear is blaring commands in Spanish, my ears picking up only certain words. Traveling to a foreign country is exciting and nerve wracking. With a 2 hour layover in Mexico City to my final destination of Merida, I stopped in at Starbucks for the universal language of coffee. Ordering my Cafe’ Vanilla Latte only understanding gracias and de nada, I realized how important a smile can be. 

Evaluating my options of how to spend my 2 hours, I decided it best to pull out my laptop and write. Flying into this massive overwhelming city, I did not realize the skyscrapers that existed here. It is funny how tourism images paint a photo of a place in our mind. Most Americans associate Mexico to drug lords and beaches.