Animal Sounds and "Is That Soap or Hair Gel?"

I just finished lunch and have some time so I thought I would update my blog. Martha and Carlos ate lunch with us today and we got on the topic of animal sounds. It all started with chickens: she didn't believe that in English we say "Cok-a-doodle-doo". Here they say "ki-ki-ri-ki-ki". We covered everything from horses, cats, dogs, cows, pigs. Some were the same, many were different.
So the other part of this blog's title refers to a fun experience I had a few days ago. Obviously many things here are very different, from food to toiletries, so on Sunday, Monday and the beginning of Tuesday, I would use the restroom and use the clear gel soap because there wasn't any other soap in the bathroom. Come to find out, after asking my host-parents, I was using hair gel to wash my hands. I can't complain, it smelled great and washed off easily. When I asked my host-parents, they laughed and said it was hair gel. I felt like a complete idiot. Oh well, part of the learning process.
I am planning on going with a few friends to Leon on Saturday. It's the leather and shoe capitol of Mexico. They have a mall that only has shoe stores, and about 70 of them. We're all excited to get to buy leather jackets and shoes for low prices.
The picture above is one that I took of the city the other evening. If you click on any of my pictures on here, it will show you a larger version. I'm starting to get used to having to speak in Spanish. I bought a cell phone and signed up for service yesterday, that was a trip. I definitely did not know a lot of "cellphone" vocabulary but I managed. I'm also starting to get used to getting all of my news in Spanish. We came across an American sitcom that was in English with Spanish subtitles yesterday; it was a blast! Well, I am going to go for now. ¡Hasta lluego amigos!