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Published: July 22nd 2007
L.A. to VeracruzNos fuimos de Xalapa hoy y me senti un poco triste. Xalapa es una ciudad muy bonita con calles empedradas y callejones donde se resaturantes y cafes. Ayer por la noche algunos de nosotros del grupo salimos a comer postre en el centro. Encontramos un local con musica y mucha gente hablando y pasando el tiempo. Me senti muy a gusto y seguro en esta ciudad, y me gustaria regresar.
Viajamos mucho hoy. Primero fuimos a la Hacienda Lencero, que antes era la casa del Presidente Santa Anna. Era una casa maravillosa, con jardines, lagos, y arboles. Incluso habian coches antiguos de esa epoca. Luego fuimos a la ciudad de Coatepec para almuerzo. Coatepec es famoso por su cafe y claro que me tome una tazota de cafe allí. Empezo a llover muy fuerte cuando salimos del restaurante, y en los dos minutos que corrimos al autobús me quede completament mojado. ¡Era muy divertido! Entrando a Veracruz se podia oler el olor del mar. Llegamos justo para cenar y fuimos a un restaurante en el centro. Tuvimos la buena suerte de terminar de cenar a la misma hora que empezaron un concierto de música en el zocalo. Incluso, salio un grupo de baile folklorico de Vercruz que bailaron varios bailes tipicos de Vercruz. Es impresionante ver como cada estado de Mexico tiene su propio baile y música.
We left Xalapa today, and I felt a bit sad. Xalapa is a very nice city with many small cobblestone streets and alleyways with restaurants and cafes. Last night, a few of us went our for dessert in the center of the city. We found this one restaurant with live music and a lot of people talking and having a great time. I felt very safe and secure in this city and would really like to return.
We traveled a lot today. First we went to the Hacienda Lencero, which was once the home of President Santa Anna. It was a beautiful home with gardens, lakesm and trees. There were also antique coaches that were used for traveling at that time. Then we went to Coatepec for lunch. Coatepec is famous for its coffee, so of course I drank a giant cup of it while I was there. It started to rain when we left the restaurant, and in the two minutes that it took me to run to our bus, I was drenged. It was pretty funny! Driving into Veracruz you could smell the ocean. We arrived just in time for dinner, so we went to a restaurant in the center of town. We were lucky to end dinner just as a music conert was starting in the zocalo (town square). There was also a 'baile folklorico' group from Veracruz that performed various dances from Veracruz. Its very impressive to see how each state in Mexico has its own style of dance an music.
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Karin
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What a wonderful trip
Still enjoying all your entries. I can't believe you have time to keep up your blog, with all the things you are doing. Great descriptions and the town of Xalapa does sound worth visiting again. I can just picture it!