Hotel Premier Saltillo

... corresponding to thier area or honors and the bachelors graduates recieved a marron shaw with a gold stitched symbol from the college on it. After all the names were called they did something were someone was talking and all the graduates had one hand raised flat out in front of them and the repeated something in unison after the girl was done talking...maybe in place of moving the tassel from one side to the other since they did not have those. I ...

... a shower and they we were off to one of Lili's relatives birthday parties at McDonalds. I thought she said it was her niece but in thinking about it i dont think that is right. (I think it was her cousins daughter). As we were sitting there enjoying the festivities and i contiunally wiped my nose and caughed telling Lili and her dad i was just fine the more they asked and the more i ...

... as i thought. They have what looks like a 4-square court with a smaller square in the middle. They show both chickens and put them next to each other briefly so poeple can see them and place thier bets. If you are close to the ring you can give your bet directly to a dealer in the ring, but if you are furhter away you wave your hand and a dealer will through a tennis ball to you inside which you place your bet, and throw it back. The chickens start in ...

... exiting the pyramid we continued to the "garden of alters" (double check name) and saw many ruins from outside the pyramid. It was really cool and interesting...i have again A LOT of pictures, taken by both Lili an I. gotta go to bed...early morning tomorrow...wiill finish tomorrow evening and also include a brief rundown of the rest of my stay...we will be traveling for the rest of the time except maybe 4 of the remaining days ...

... were a lot of them but the highlights for me were two babies that ver really active playing with each other and an what appeard to be elderly one sleeping with one arm behind it's head as a pillow and the other over its eyes. I took many pictures of both. When we arrived back at the starting point i was kinda sad because i thought it was over...but i was wrong. They have a section that you can walk through also, we had an hour to spend her and at a larger ...

... out of white bread and were currently baking more...insert 4th sorry here, again totally not his fault. I picked another bread and it was just fine. I ate the whole thing and chips and about 10 minutes after i finished felt like i could throw up from being so full (the bread was very think, and i have been eating very little bread, mostly we use tortillas...so maybe i forgot howit tends to swell in your stomach when liquid is added). Again paco said sorry (that would be 5, i am ...

... entrance door in particular had very impressive carvings. Next along we came to Casa Purcell, this house was built in 1905 in an English neo-gothic style again with a pale grey stone, but this time many of the rooms have elaborate fireplaces, stained glass windows and parquet flooring. The central staircase was especially nice with rounded alcoves extending into the main hallway. From there it is back to the camp for the night.

... and some frustration, the bus is fixed and ready for action! photos will also be added here in the future, still no USB ports. Our hotel owners directed us to some great local eateries. So far, great food, no stomach problems and we´re now off to the town of Real de Catorce. It´s suppose to be sleepy little "ghost town" that houses the state´s peyote supply (used by a local Indian tribe). It also happens to be where "The Mexican" was filmed, but we will try to avoid the Hollywood hype.

... The ride back home was tough but I was so thankful to get back to Parras. That night I wanted to watch The Simpsons which I haven't been able to catch and figured it would be comforting to see something familiar while not feeling well but my host mother informed me that it is only on week days. I was a bit too upset about that so I decided to have tea with milk for comfort and went to bed. I slept quite a bit on Sunday and became very frustrated with my family ...

... we had enough time to complete the assignment, so I had some time to visit a small but nice desert museum and check out the city center. Saltillo is a relatively compact city, it turned out to be more of a US style than I had earlier expected. It seemed to be well industrialized and has a picturesque yet small center. There was also ...