Finally Some Time!

Alright, so it's been a pretty busy week. Sunday, we headed to the botanical gardens. The views are stunning and plenty of great photo-ops. Plus, you get to hike a bit, which I love. I chased a few lizards trying to get pictures of them before my little brother could scare them off, almost fell off the edge and onto a cactus, and just about stepped onto a mound of red ants by accident. But I took lots of pictures! As I can only upload 5 photos at a time, I will post them in an album on Facebook. Anyway, following our trip to the botanical gardens we went to Hecho en Mexico for lunch. For dinner, we wandered around, not sure where to go, and ended up at Mivida. Good food and great dessert for Duncan, as they had cheesecake and he absolutely loves cheesecake.

I thought Sunday was a great day, but Monday was even better. At 11am we went to the mercado with Paco Cardeñas for a market tour, then a cooking class. I love to cook, esp. bake stuff for my friends, so this was a lot of fun. We made tortilla soup, tamales, tinga, and a bunch of salsas!

Throughout the 2 weeks, I danced a lot. So it was great to go to a lesson on Tuesday and then go to dance workshops that night! My two favorite dances would be the Cha Cha Cha and the Argentine Tango! To wrap up a great vacation, my brother, mom and I spent Saturday night at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Another dance lesson at 6 and then workshops and a party after. We were most certainly sad to leave the friends we had made there and hope to see them again! But as my mom would say, "For another adventure to begin, we have to end this one." She's also rather fond of saying "Let's get this show on the road," as in us packing..... =/ among many other sayings she has acquired.

I, personally, cannot wait to go back to San Miguel. I miss it there: The laughter that fills the air, the fun music, and of course, the lovely friends we have made. I look forward to returning (hopefully) one day.

Facebook SMdA album link : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=107669&id=1383640711

Pics (2)

1. Mom pointing to giant inflated pencils

2. Church de San Miguel

3. Churros being made

4. Cha Ski sign

Pics

1. Sangria

2. Mango margarita

3. Apothecary shop

4. Flowers in a courtyard somewhere...

5. My crazy dad

Finally Some Photos!

1.Bruleed 2 layer lemon tart

2. Truffles!

3. Jicama slaw

4. Fruit and yogurt

5. Polenta with salsa

All from Cafe Rama! Love it there!

Battle of the Mariachis!

Well, to catch up on my lack of blogging, yesterday there was lots of rain and we went to pottery and to Cafe Rama for dinner. I had the lime mousse with tuna (cactus fruit). It was ah-mazzzz-ing! The streets were rivers in the storm, and my shoe almost was lost to the rio at one point.

Today was a great day, too. We headed to the hot springs today! Verrrrrrrry nice! Following our swim, we went back to the casa to relax for awhile before Duncan went to a salsa workshop (dance, not food. He doesn't like salsa the food). While he did that, Me, Myself and I went with my camera to take lots of pics. My computer still refuses to upload them! After my quality time with my camera, we went to San Augustin Churros y Chocolate for dins. ¡¡¡Los churros son muy sabrosos!!! Anyways, to balance out for the "naughtiness" of the churros, we went for a walk to the jardin. There is was music and mayhem, you might call it. Kids with light-up airplane things and giant inflated bouncy pencils ran around while there was a "Battle of the Mariachis." Multiple mariachi bands played tonight, all sounding great! When my computer decides to be cooperative, I will upload a video or two of one of the bands playing and some pictures!

For now, I say good-bye since I am falling asleep at the computer, which is not good! Pictures will be up soon and videos too! While I go to sleep, the city is just waking up!

A Happy Reunion!

It's been a busy week! Today we had language classes and pottery. Pottery is my favorite (and only type of art I am somewhat good at) kind of art. It's a dream to come here after studying pottery for the past few years and learn new techniques and styles! Plus, the pottery studio is, I guess, a sort of escape from the hectic world we live in today. The smell of the clay and the clay dust, the "I will never be clean here," and the blissful peace and quiet (that is, if Duncan isn't talking about some random thing =D ) is relaxing. And eating a fresh mango while blogging is relaxing, too. But I digress...

After a hard week of work, my dad finally joined us in SMdA. Utterly exhausted of course from getting up at 3 am, we enjoyed a nice dinner at Hecho en Mexico.

Tomorrow will be just as busy, with our last Spanish class at el Instituto. Following our classes will be some more (pottery) studio time, yay! And in the evening a wonderful dinner at Cafe Rama! Now to upload some photos (erh!), read to, oh, midnight, then wake up at 8am...

For now.... Goodnight computer!

* I will post pictures tomorrow. Computer is being stupid and will not allow me to upload my photos.

Busy Day!

A couple of pictures I forgot to post of a street vendor at the jardin and more decorations there.

More language classes this morning. Shortly I will be going to a dance lesson at Arthur Murray and following that tennis. I can't wait to get out there and rip the ball right down the alley line! Maybe going to El Correo tonight if I'm not too exhausted after this full day.