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The weekend started with a
Toluca vs Chivas soccer game Thursday night.
Gabby (my mentor and temporary mother) roots for
Chivas and Mariano (my father) and I
cheer for
Toluca.
It’s a big game for the teams and we had great seats, thanks to Mariano. I was
able to rep my team with my new jersey thanks to one of the soccer players who
bought it for me. AND I got to have
churipan again which is a delicious sausage sandwich from
Argentina.
Thankfully
Toluca
won so Mariano and I have bragging rights!
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Our Fulbright friends Stephanie and Clara came to visit us
for the weekend. When they arrived Friday afternoon we came home and made some
tacos before going to a
despedida
(going away party) for our Mexican friend Jesus who is moving to the
US for work.
The party was in a restaurant in Metepec. It was such a fun place: lots of
people, great food, and mariachi music. We had the mariachis serenade Jesus while
he wore a sombrero. We were there until about 2AM when we decided it would be a
good idea to go home because we had to get up at 8. While we waited for the car
my roommate Jess started climbing the outside wall of the restaurant. She’s my
little monkey.
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Saturday morning we went to the pyramids of Teotihuacán.
There are about 2 hours northeast of
Toluca.
Thankfully it wasn’t too hot out or we would have roasted. We watched men
tether themselves to a rope and spin around a pole as the ropes lowered them to
the ground in the parking lot. Once inside, we walked down the Avenue of the
Dead and climbed the Pyramid of the Sun (one of the largest in
Mesoamerica) and the Pyramid of the Moon. Talk about leg
workout. It started to rain but no too hard so we were able to stay. After a
long day of climbing we indulged in some enchiladas de mole. ¡Que rico!
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At night we went to a salsa club called MamboCafe. It was a
blast! They played mostly salsa and
cumbia music. Around 12 there was a live salsa band made up of
about 9 people. When they took a break there was EDM music and I met someone
from
Las Vegas
who is going to EDC there (as am I) in June. They dancing didn’t stop until
3AM. It was great to see so many good salsa dancers. I hope I’m that good one
day! The night ended in tacos as every good night here in
Mexico does.
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On Sunday we showed the girls downtown
Toluca. It’s only about a 15 minute walk from
our apartment. We toured some churches, los portales, and the zócalo (open
plaza) of
Toluca.
For brunch we went to a little market where they sell fruit, flowers, freshly
squeezed juice, tacos, tamales,
gorditas,
birria (soup) and more!
Their strawberry tamales are my favorite. It’s nice because you can walk around
and get whatever and as much of it as you want. Then we stopped for ice cream
and had a delicious berry and cream flavor. Sounds weird but it was great, like
most things in
Mexico.