Frightful Friday

Frightful Friday

We decided without much complaint to move to another place.  We found a bed and breakfast 3 blocks away.  

We drove into the city in traffic that bordered on warfare. Five lanes turning in multiple directions. Accidents because a city bus turned right in front of 4 lanes of traffic. Total chaos!! We made it to a parking garage and happily tossed them the keys to park it.

Crickets anyone?

We walked around all day and ate weird stuff like crickets and normal stuff like fried chicken, ice cream at 10am, sopes, enchiladas, pozole, caramel and chocolate donuts at 1pm.   We also did productive things like visited a cathedral, a museum with a complete skeleton of a wooly mammoth and saber toothed tiger skull that were found locally and were chased off a city park lawn for laying down.

Mastodon

One thing we love about Mexico and Latin America for that matter are plazas; central squares where everyone congregates in the evening to eat, people-watch, and be entertained.  In the Plaza de Armas we watched a street rapper, with half his face tattooed, rhyme over a single speaker, a group of three clowns perform something, a man proselytize on the dangers of Russia and China, a breakdancer, Edward Scissorhands, a guy selling a device that made your voice sound like a monkey, and our personal favorite was a street chiropractic clinic.  All this was occurring simultaneously in concert.  My neck had been sore so I'll admit I took them up on the chiropractic.

He may or may not be a certified chiropractor...

Observations: Bedazzled acid wash jeans are still in fashion. Jesica is going to pull hers out of the closet and bring the trend back in New Orleans. 

Vendors were selling tasers on every corner which of course Nevin wanted.  We thought it might be a bad toy for Nevin and his little brother.