Great story! I have been interested in hearing about it after hear multiple brief mentions on the podcast. Friends and I had some small troubles from 18 to early 20s, but nothing close to that!
"Mexico...why would anybody go there? There's nothing but jails and whorehouses!" said my father when he was about eight years old to my grandmother and some of her friends. They were over at the house helping her bake pies for a church function. To say they were shocked to hear that from an eight year old would be an understatement.
Apparently Dad had been taking good notes when his uncle and father had been talking earlier in the day about a possible trip. Talk about a true case of "$h!t my dad says!"
In a few years, my mailing address will be San Miguel del Allende. I speak English and French. As does my wife. Need to do some immersion classes in Espanol.