MARVET Day 1

Today officially began the MARVET Playa adventure. We had an 8:25a meeting time for 9:00a classes, but when we came downstairs, half our group was still waiting to eat at the restaurant! We ended up having to delay the classes a little bit but no big deal.

The conference room we borrowed was about a 20 minute walk from the hotel. The weather is still kind of crummy and rainy here, but it was just overcast on our walk over. We started with a little bit of conservation medicine and then segued into anatomy and physiology of marine mammals. The whole day with the exception of an hour lunch break was spent doing lectures. We absolutely froze all morning (just like Grenada! Go somewhere tropical, crank the AC on!) but they were able to adjust the temperature on and off for us in the afternoon so it wasn’t too bad.

It was of course raining when we went out for lunch (while we were freezing cold from the room!) but we managed to find a cute little French bakery for lunch. I know I know, more non-Mexican food! We did have tacos last night at our welcome dinner though, so that counts! I ordered quiche Lorraine and a chocolate éclair and both were marvelously delicious! The chocolate éclair was filled with the most amazing chocolate custard that I could eat forever! Our table was right next to a window leading into the bread oven. We were drooling the whole time watching those beautiful loaves bake! We later found out that the owner of the bakery brought both the oven and the butter used to make all of the pasteries from France. You can definitely taste it! We stopped back later after class and I had hands down the best croissant I’ve ever had in my life. In Mexico!