Growing up in a Serbian environment I learned that hospitality is one of the key-aspects that makes our culture unique but when I arrived in Mexico…maaaan! I gotta admit that I was kinda overwhelmed by the niceness of the people there, especially when it comes to family Villarreal. Delia was definitely the first reason why my brother and me felt immediately like home in Monterrey – “Let’s play football.”, “Let’s eat tacos!”, “Let’s do barbecue at my uncle’s ranch!”, “Let’s go to the stadium.”, “Let’s eat tacos.”, “Let’s go wakeboarding.”, “Come to my place!”, “Let’s do this, let’s do that”, “Let’s literally do everything except supporting the Tigres football team.” Delia was always coming up with some activities, just to be sure that we’re having a good time. Much love to you Delia! Apropos activities…I guess I never met a more active human being in the sense of sports than her – always ready – besides football and cycling she has a specific passion for running and concerning that I’ll never forget the following that she told me back in the days: “When you run you compete against yourself. You are not watching if the other guy on the side or your friends are running better or faster than you – it’s just you against you.” Yes girl! She just got it – that’s what success is all about: succeeding means not comparing to another person who’s next to you but comparing yourself to who you were. Since then, whenever I catch myself daring to compare myself with anybody else, I slap myself mentally by reminding myself of her wise words. Couldn’t be more grateful for that valuable lesson – not just for these words, but rather for every moment that we were spending in Monterrey! You gave us so much, and we can’t wait to give back – be that in Austria, Serbia, or wherever – we’ll see each other again, and then let’s just have a good time and be our guest! Delia, really – thank you for everything!
