My weekend.

Well it’s been a few days since I have posted anything new, that is because I have been busy running around town seeing the sites and having fun. So this posting will be a bit lengthy.

Let’s recap the last few days. On Friday the Tec had this nice party for all of us, it was very nice to meet some new people, most of them being from Nebraska. I can honestly say I have never seen that many blond-blue-eye people in one room in my life! During the party they had a group of dancer come and dance Tango, and later a group of mariachis. Dinner was very good, a traditional beans, rice and carne guisada plate. After the party, Sara, Ben, Emily and I went out.

Our group when to this little bar in downtown called, Backstagebar. The bar was packed and there were a few of the other students of this trip there. We made some Mexican friends that were very amusing and interested in my poor blond friend Emily. After being at the bar for a few hours, we decided to call our Taxi Seguro (a safe taxi), so I called them and tell the taxi people where we are and to come and get us, this was at 12:45 a.m. We said our goodbyes to our new friends and walked to the corner where we were going to be picked up in “cinco minutos”, like the dispatcher said, well two call to the taxi and 45 minutes later we were still sitting on the curve waiting for this taxi to get there. The good thing is that we were in a group and the streets and bars were full, also keeping in mind that Queretaro is a very safe city, but nevertheless we were ready to go home. Finally our taxi arrives and the first thing our driver said to us is “Me di la vuelta por aquí como dos veces y no me vieron” (I drove by twice and you guys didn’t see me). Just our luck… that was our Friday night adventure.




Now, Saturday Sara, Jess, and I headed downtown we walked around the beautiful plazas, one of which had a fountain with dogs “vomiting” water, I don’t know how else to describe it, It was very unusual to see a fountain with statue dogs in them. We walked around the streets, which were full of street shops, until our friend Ben arrived to meet us for lunch. Once he arrived we found this great little place to eat. They had the “menú del día” that included the entrée, a soup, and a main course of your choice, desert and a drink. It was so good and cheap! All my food cost me $500 pesos, which is $5.00, you can beat that, we all agreed that we are coming back to that place for sure.


After our late lunch we headed back to the main plaza looking for a cool place to have a beer, and we found it. This bar/restaurant was very cool, it had this wooden umbrellas hanging from the ceiling, and the tables were made of wood and some with funky chairs. We sat there with a bucket of ice cold Coronas, talked and watch the afternoon go by. Our friends Emily and Allie joined us there later. It was such a perfect day and we did not want it to end. So we made plans to go out that night. ( I regrettably did not write the name down of this places knowing that I will be coming back to them so next time I will have them.)

Jess, Ben and I went back to downtown that same night, we meet our friends at this pub called La Tasca, which will be another place we will retuned to. It has this great relaxed atmosphere, the drinks are cheap and the service was great, and they also have a Dj until their live band takes the stage. At the end of the night we knew we had to call our “fast” cab (saying this very sarcastically), and wouldn’t you know it, again it took 45 minutes to get there. I think we have learned that we must call our taxi way in advance to make sure it gets there when we are ready.

That was the last two days for me. I am really looking forward to starting classes on Tuesday and taking Tennis as my elective. I will also be tutoring for Spanish for those who need it. I am also looking forward to the weekend trips they have prepared for us to places like Tequisquiapan, San Miguel, the Pyramids and more.