Mexico Dia Uno
In the early afternoon i went for a walk with some other students. We saw morelias main park and then wandered off into some random side streets. We found some really cool markets that had all sorts of fruits, meats, clothing, and random items. There were vendors everywhere trying to sell us their goods. I spotted some good ponchos and maybe some cowboy boots that i might go back for. I hope to come back to America with atleast one complete cowboy outfit. After walking around through the markets we were kind of lost...luckily we were able to navigate by locating morelia´s beautiful central cathedral. The cathedral is an amazing arcetectual wonder and looks amazing lit up in the night.
When we got back to the hotel we got to meet professor Garcia. The professor in charge of the UC study abroad program. He was really friendly and seems like a really laid back person. He told us what would be happening in the next few days. We will meet our families tomorrow and they will try and acclimate us to life in Morelia. After today there will be no more english, everyone will be speaking in spanish. After one day here i have realized that even though i cannot understand anything anyone says i have already learnt new words and i am becomming acostomed to the accent.
As luck would have it we arrived on the day of a big celebration for a presidential candidate. After having breakfast in the morning i rested in my room for awhile. Walking outside a few hours later an enormous crowd was gathered. Thousands of people had gathered to march in support of Morelia´s own presidential candidate. In the center of Morelia, right by my hotel, there was an enormous stage set up. As night dawned live music started to play and the festivities began. It was like a giant fiesta in the main street of Morelia. There were street vendors, live performs, live music, lots of food, balloons, lights, and tons of people. We went to eat in a restaurant on the terrace of a building that overlooked the parade. The restuarant was authentically mexican and very ornate. I ordered guacamole with quesadillas (sorry i can¨´t spell) and dos caronas, it was amazing. Another student made an intersting ovservation: that is that the waiter served the two guys and the table first and addressed us both first...but this is just a random tangent so ignore it. The food here is really cheap...actually everything here is really cheap. I will be bringing tons of stuff back.
Anyways...hasta luego.
When we got back to the hotel we got to meet professor Garcia. The professor in charge of the UC study abroad program. He was really friendly and seems like a really laid back person. He told us what would be happening in the next few days. We will meet our families tomorrow and they will try and acclimate us to life in Morelia. After today there will be no more english, everyone will be speaking in spanish. After one day here i have realized that even though i cannot understand anything anyone says i have already learnt new words and i am becomming acostomed to the accent.
As luck would have it we arrived on the day of a big celebration for a presidential candidate. After having breakfast in the morning i rested in my room for awhile. Walking outside a few hours later an enormous crowd was gathered. Thousands of people had gathered to march in support of Morelia´s own presidential candidate. In the center of Morelia, right by my hotel, there was an enormous stage set up. As night dawned live music started to play and the festivities began. It was like a giant fiesta in the main street of Morelia. There were street vendors, live performs, live music, lots of food, balloons, lights, and tons of people. We went to eat in a restaurant on the terrace of a building that overlooked the parade. The restuarant was authentically mexican and very ornate. I ordered guacamole with quesadillas (sorry i can¨´t spell) and dos caronas, it was amazing. Another student made an intersting ovservation: that is that the waiter served the two guys and the table first and addressed us both first...but this is just a random tangent so ignore it. The food here is really cheap...actually everything here is really cheap. I will be bringing tons of stuff back.
Anyways...hasta luego.
Morelia sounds really cool! A complete cowboy outfit would be freaking awesome. That fiesta sounds really sweet - I'm pretty jealous actually.
Posted by Liam Keane | 7:54 PM