Big weekend!

Thursday: Crystal and I decided to walk around downtown for a while. We ended up sitting and listening to mariachi bands for a couple hours. Apparently, there are about 15 mariachi bands that perform in El Jardin de la Union every Thursday afternoon so we might check it out again because it was amazing. We also met up with some people to share a couple pitchers of sangria in this outdoor cafe right in front of the theatre.

Friday: We left around 8 a.m. to head for Mexico D.F. We took a couple of those big, nicer tour buses straight to the Anthropology Museum. Oh goodness...they had sooooo much stuff it was insane. They had exhibits for everything! It even had 2 levels and a huge outdoor open area in the middle. Absolutely incredible...gigantic museum. Oh and it had these little garden areas outside...gorgeous. Then we got to our hotel, Palace Hotel. It was pretty nice. Very modern and decent accommodations. Then it was time for dinner so we went to a taqueria for some delicious, fresh tacos, quesadillas, and amazing salsa...mmmmm...Ruben and Professor Trejo were supposed to take us on a walk around the city a bit. It started to rain on us. Not just a light rain but almost hail...ridiculous. So we dashed into this theatre that was made of mostly marble. Really incredible. Then we continued on our chilly, rainy walk. We saw some people doing some traditional dances in random places in parks. We walked down El Zocalo a bit and then took the metro back. It only costs 20 cents to ride the metro here. Crazy. It was packed but a good experience. That night we just chilled in the hotel.


Saturday: We got up early to go to breakfast at this place that has been there for over a hundred years. It was pretty good. We were running late so we had to take a cab back and I almost had to beat the driver for my 30 pesos of change. From the hotel, we took our buses to the Frida Kahlo museum. It was pretty cool. It had a lot of her and Diego Rivera's personal things and not a ton of her art which was a little disappointing but it was good to see it anyway. Then we walked to this bazaar we were supposed to go to. It wasn't where it was supposed to be but there were still some vendors set up. It was definitely cool. It really is a bit like hippieville but cool :) Then we were supposed to take the bus to walk around Zocalo in the daylight. However, traffic was awful so we were going to walk. When we got closer to downtown, we realize that the Pride Parade was going on so our plans were a bust. It was really a neat experience to see it going on.

Then we had free time since our plans were cancelled. I walked around with Crystal, Juan, and some other people for a bit. We saw some breakdancers in the park and some traditional dancers in another part. Dinner time arrived and then the other three people wanted to go back to the hotel. We ended up watching part of this Aztec ceremony in front of El Templo Mayor. They said a prayer or something then had a police escort through the city. They put the guys playing the drums in the back of a pickup truck and danced in the streets in full traditional dress and make up. It was beautiful.

Then we were on a search for something to do that night so we tried a club in la Zona Rosa which was pretty chill and pretty fun.

Sunday: We left around 9:30 a.m. for Teotihuacan, the city of the Gods. I got to climb pyramids!!!! Look up the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon...I climbed those. :) The Pyramid of the Sun was the most difficult but I did it!!! We walked around the city for a bit and got to look into one of the ancient palaces and Quetzcoatl's monument. It was pretty freakin awesome. We ate lunch there and looked around some of the shops. Then back on the bus we went.

It was about a 6 hour ride back to Guanajuato with a 30 minute stop for dinner. Not a terrible bus ride. Then we walked home, showered, and went to bed.

Everyone was just exhausted yesterday...haha...a very busy weekend but wonderful :)

That is about all for now. I am still recovering from the weekend and am hoping that I am not getting a cold like I am feeling.

Just another cool and cloudy day here. Hopefully the sun decides to come out. :)

1 month!