Love me some girl time! On Friday, one of my students,
Adriana, (who is an English teacher among many other things) invited me out to
dinner with a couple of her friends. We went to a nice restaurant in Metepec called
1910 where I had “fiesta quesadillas” meaning quesadillas served with a party
hat. After, we went to a low key bar so that I could try garañona. It’s a
traditional Metepec drink that is a lime green color and tastes kind of limey,
too. I also tried a “Garañona especial” which has garañona, Squirt, and mineral
water. There was a live band and dancing too. It was a chill spot. Then, out of
no where the ladies decided they wanted to go to a club in
Mexico City. So we did! It was called SENS in
the
Santa Fe
neighborhood which is really nice. The club was awesome! We took an elevator up
to the actual club. It was pretty fancy. At one point there was a violin player
accompanying the DJ. It was a blast. We got home at 6AM, meaning I slept most
of the next day.
When I finally got out of bed at 2PM, Adris and I went to a
restaurant near her house to get some barbacoa, which is sheep. We had barbacoa
soup and tacos. And I had a taco of sheep stomach. It wasn’t too bad actually. At
night, Bruno and I got wings with his friends from his German class. He took
classes for a year in 2013 and his German teacher (from
Germany) is here in
Mexico for a couple months.
Mexico does
wings well! Most of them were too spicy for me but I enjoyed the teriyaki and
parmesan garlic flavors. There were about 12 of us. We went to a bar/restaurant
after that had teeny tiny sandwiches for $1…and alcohol. I enjoyed their sangria
which was quite good. I was practically sleeping at dinner from my lack of
sleep the night before so we turned in early.
On Sunday morning, Bruno, his mom, and I went to a
ceremonial site in
Temoaya,
Mexico. Surprisingly,
it wasn’t that old; it was built in 1980. It’s about an hour from
Toluca and was definitely
worth the trip! We started in the museum then walked around the place itself.
It was like a huge outdoor performance center with stone rows of seating. At
the top, there was a non-functioning fountain and 12 tepee looking houses where
you could climb stairs and sit on them. It was a little cloudy and chilly out
but the pictures turned out well. It would be cool to see a ceremony there. On
the way to our second stop, we had lunch at one of the coolest restaurants I’ve
been to in
Mexico
with delicious traditional food. You can pay per taco or for a plate. They had
about 20 huge dishes of different concoctions. If you wanted a plate, you chose
3 of the concoctions, rice or spaghetti, and beans. Everything was so good! The
servers had good senses of humor, also.
After lunch we went to an ex-convent on the outskirts of
Mexico City called Desierto de los
Leones. No clue
why because there was no desert nor lions. It was in a very natural state and
they didn’t repair much but it was still cool. They did an amazing job with the
gardening. There were so many varieties of flowers and plants in the gardens
surrounding the convent. Unfortunately, the church wasn’t open but we were able
to go in other rooms like where the nuns used to live. There were vendors
selling art in some rooms, and there was even a restaurant. The surrounding
town was cute and had lots of trees. It didn’t take long to walk around. After
the ex-convent, we headed back to
Toluca.
Somehow, I just realized today how many great places are around
Toluca.
Toluca itself isn’t the most exciting but its
location is amazing. Successful weekend!
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