We arrive in Merida!

Our group arrived in Merida after a grueling travel day which included white knuckle air turbulence, a long delay at the Houston airport, and finally, a massive customs line and two people with lost luggage.  By the time we got to our rooms at the Hotel Caribe, we had been traveling for 21 hours!

Our first day started a bit late, so we could recover from the trip.  Here are all the students standing in the Central Square of the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, with the Cathedral of San Idelfonso, the second-oldest cathedral in the hemisphere.

It is VERY hot here - about 90!  What a change from the frigid streets of Edinboro!!  Below is a photo of Professor Renata Wolynec and her husband Bernie Werner, sitting in a Christmas display in one of Merida's government buildings.