vicarious

Hey there, AIESEC MADISON!!!

In all of y'all's honor, we are currently - literally this second - doing our award-winning roll call in a hotel room overlooking the pool (complete with water slide) in Guanajuato, Mexico and thinking of y'all fondly.

But in all seriousness, AXLDS in Mexico has given each of us a fresh perspective on AIESEC Madison's role in the world. Out of twenty country delegations here, the ten delegates of the USA - including five badgers - have distinguished themselves as curious, worldly and innovative.

The Global Village was in the center square of colonial Guanajuato and the USA had an assortment of candy, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, marshmallows, cheese whiz, oreos, Yankee Doodles and Girl Scout cookies. The mob at the US table was four people deep at almost all times throughout the three-hour fair. Several of us had chats with local Mexicans and American visitors to Guanajuato about AIESEC as the public walked among the tables. The highlight for us, though, was visiting the tables from countries around Latin America and learning about their different cultures (in addition to collecting bracelets and tasty treats from them all).

On another note, we have a photo of the President of AIESEC International (the big cheese himself) with his mouth wide open while Dave, perched in a tree, squirted cheese whiz into his mouth. HOT.

We'll have more updates as the conference goes on, but we'll be sure to bring back a bit of the Mexican flava for you all!

Besitos,

Ariane (aka. Dancing Queen), Katy (aka. Margarita Mama), Brett ("Bye, BRET."), "Strong" Javi and Dave "White Boy Cracker" Barr