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This site has been down for a while so i haven't been able to write.. >:-(... I forgot to include in the last entry that during the 5 hour flight from 5:30 - 10:30 they brought out the food cart and demanded we pay $5 for a meal! I'm never flying United again - they have a new rule now that you have to pay for your meals! How can they do that? Strand you on a flight for five hours and if you want anything to eat, you have to pay for it! They could have told us that when buying the tickets! A meal is supposed to be included in the price!
Well, Mexico has been interesting. The first day we had some delicious Mexican food. I had tostadas, which are fried corn tortillas topped with shredded chicken, refried beans, lettice and sour cream. MMMM! That night we went to Jorge's sister's graduation. She went to a Catholic school, so first we had to go to Mass, then to the handing out of diplomas. It was a long ceremony. Afterwards, Jorge's parents took us out to eat tacos arabes or something like that, which consist of a pita-like
tortilla filled with shaved seasoned pork and fried onions - also very delicious.
On Friday Jorge and I went to the ruins of Cholula, which is presumed to be from the Toltec era - the same guys who built Teotihuacan. Translation: it's very, very old. It was so cool because we could go inside the bottom of the pyramid. It reminded me of an Egyptian tomb. We also walked around the ruins outside, where there were stellai and another pyramid that I climbed. There was also a platform that legend has it they sacrificed a bunch of children between the ages of 6 and 7 in hopes of pleasing the rain god, Tlaloc, during a drought. (They found the skeletons underneath or around the platform). There is also a church on top of the pyramid, but we didn't have time to see it because we had to pick up Jorge's mom from work.
The people here drive worse than anyone I've seen. They run red lights, don't use their blinkers, cut people off, speed like maniacs! Jorge hates driving here, especially in a manual... and the car's shifter broke as well. It's getting fixed right now and we're
borrow his grandmother's car.
Saturday we went to see Cars, but in Spanish, so I only understood about half of it. That night there was a formal dinner and dance in honor of the graduating class Jorge's sister is in. We had a 5 course meal with sorbet and all sorts of fun stuff, including a baked potato topped with blue cheese dressing. They had a live band...and then Mariachis!! But it lasted sooooooo loooong!! We got there at 8:30, we weren't served dinner until 11... we had to bring our own alcohol, but couldn't find any that day to buy because the next day was election day and there's a dry law in Mexico that says you can't buy alcohol the day before an election. After eating, people danced all night! It was fun maybe for the first hour (and Jorge's a great dancer - I never knew!).. but it kept going on and on! We HAD to stay to see the Mariachis, who didn't come on until 3:30 in the morning. We got home at 4 a.m.! I forgot how long the Mexicans can party.
On Sunday everyone went to vote for the new president of
Mexico. Jorge is hoping Pan wins, because they can help establish better trade with America and the rest of the world. The race was too close to call and we won't find out until Wednesday or later. It's a lot like the race between Bush and Gore, when it was too close to call.
Today Jorge and his mom and I went to see the city of Puebla. We could also see the tops of the volcanoes, so I took lots of pictures. We went to the main plaza and cathedral of Puebla. It's all very beatiful. Here they have a special style of ceramics with blue paint called talavera. I bought some presents for my family in the open market. We also went to an outdoor cafe and ate chalupas. Now, REAL chalupas are nothing like the Taco Bell variety. They consist of a hard, small, round, fried corn tortilla with a layer of salsa roja or salsa verde, and topped with shredded turkey or chicken. It's very good, and authentic. We also had Coronas (you have to when in Mexico!).
It's rainy season here and it rains every evening. There's a thunderstorm right now so I
better get off the computer. Tune in for more later, and hopefully Travel Blog will fix its site!
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