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Showing posts with label México de Mil Colores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label México de Mil Colores. Show all posts
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Here's a clip of the Estudiantina Santa Fe performing in Guanajuato.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
We arrived in Guadalajara around 10pm on Friday. We went out with a group of about 20 to a nearby plaza for a laid-back dinner and stayed til around 1:30am.
Saturday we went to Tequila (see previous post) and got back to Guadalajara that evening. A friend and I met up with my Avelino-- a friend I met during study abroad in Argentina-- and his girlfriend and we went on an unofficial evening/nighttime tour of Guadalajara. Later that night we went out dancing with other people on the trip to celebrate our last evening (not on a bus!).
Sunday morning a few of us got up early to tour the city during the daytime, since we only had a few hours before leaving for Tlaquepaque (see previous post). Four of us took a horse-drawn carriage tour of the historic district and then did some more touring on foot.
Through Rotary, there was a large possibility that I could have studied at the University of Guadalajara. While I enjoyed the trip to Guadalajara and it has some great things to offer, I was not overly impressed. I'm glad to say I am happy with my decision to study at UNAM -- both for the school and location.
Below is a compilation of photos from the night and day time tours =)
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| Plaza/Catedral by night |
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| Plaza/Catedral by day |
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| Catedral by night |
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| Catedral by day |
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| Hidalgo |
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| honoring famous Tapatios (people from Guadalajara) |
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| loved this church |
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| Plaza Garibaldi |
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| Karen and I met up with a friend from my Argentina study abroad and his gf |
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| Carriage ride! |
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| smallest church in Guadalajara |
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| Theater by night |
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| Theater by day |
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| Fine arts museum |
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| crazy chairs |
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday afternoon we went to Tlaquepaque, a suburb of Guadalajara. Our bus was having issues and needed to be fixed, so we (group of 40) took the public bus there. The weather was great most of the trip, but we got caught in a downpour on our way to Tlaquepaque.
I liked Tlaquepaque -- quaint, with character and lots of little shops (though a bit touristy).
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| Torta ahogada ("drowned sandwich")-- a standard in Guadalajara. |
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| I was going to have the bird pick my fortune -- until the woman jacked up the price. Sorry birdies -- I don't need to know that bad. |
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| lucha libre |
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| The girls at El Parián -- plaza surrounded by bars/restaurants and known for its mariachi |
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| This is the first group that serenaded us -- before a group started playing right next to them and we couldn't hear anything! |
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| El Parián |
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| The second mariachi group of the night -- with lots more personality/character! |
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| Lilian borrowing the mariachi's violin |
From there we boarded the bus and made the journey back to Mexico City and back to reality!
Guadalajara update coming soon.... once Blogspot (or my internet?) lets me upload pictures.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Saturday morning we went to Tequila in the state Jalisco -- where they're know for (surprise!) tequila.
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| Statue of a man with agave -- used to make tequila |
We took a tour of the Jose Cuervo fields and distillery.
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| Blue agave plants. These are the only plants tequila can be made from. They're mostly found in the Mexican state of Jalisco, with some also in Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit and Tamaulipas |
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| Posing with the agave plant |
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| Lilian playing the role of a Jimador and planting an agave plant |
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| The Jimador (one who harvests agave plants) demonstrating the various cuts the agave plants receive, depending on the year |
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| Tobias trying his luck cutting the agave plant |
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| Once the agave plant is ready to harvest, all the leaves are cut off and the piña ("pineapple" for the apearance) is what is used to make tequila |
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| At this point the agave is starchy, kind of like a raw potato |
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| with the Jimador |
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| Our tools -- to harvest agave and hide from the blazing sun! |
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| Casa Cuervo |
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| Trying to win some tequila! |
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| Ready for the tour (love the hairnet, no?) |
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| Original cars used to transport agave and workers |
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| The agave "piñas" are cut and cooked |
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| Various tools for harvesting the blue agave |
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| Where the agave "piñas" are cooked |
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| Once the agave is cooked it becomes very sweet |
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| Cooked agave we sampled |
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| After it is cooked, it is shredded and the juices are pressed out to be fermented. |
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| Barrels to store tequila. The tequila is distilled 2 (3?) times. From there, some is diluted to legal levels and becomes silver tequila, while other is put in the barrels to ferment (for reposado, añejo and extra añejo) |
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| Mural at Casa Cuervo |
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| Mural at Casa Cuervo |
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| Mural at Casa Cuervo |
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| Coleccion Reserva de la Familia |
From there we went to Don Kiko Destiladora to sample some tequilas from less commercialized distillery.
Pretty landscape on the drive back to Guadalajara.
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