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Peña of Bernal, Pulque and Michaladas!
... this region. Nopales is a green vegetable mixed with chili. Both were delicious. You can then fill your Gorditas with green or red chili from the table condiments. I had both... really enjoying this chili loving country! The Gorditas were washed down with my first Chalada, which is one of the most common drinks in Mexico, which you see being sold on every street corner. A Chalada is local beer, mixed with lime juice, Tabasco, ...
Fiestas and Dia de Los Muertos
... courtyard through the middle of the house. Single rooms wall the courtyard, one of which is mine. The rooms are simple, clean and traditional. The family's home is above the courtyard, which you can enter via a huge spiral staircase. I offically meet my Mexican Mama Conchita and my Mexican Papa Adan, who are warm and welcoming, with huge smiles!
I have my first traditional Mexican breakfast with the family. Adan cooks in the ...
Queretaro
A pretty city with good art, we amble for a day or so (finally deciding not to continue to the siera gorda and more sights in the north) and find a local church which serves great local food on benches in its basement. Another culinary highlight is Gaspacho - an incredible fruit salad with vinegar, onion, chilli and ...
Relaxing on the terrace
... it agrees with us later on. I don’t want to offend her so we make sure we finish it. And it is a not so common sight to see Jen sipping on a juice for dinner. We don’t really understand much of the menu but find that "your speciality" has come up with some delightful results. Dinner for 3 and a couple of drinks – all for $10 and we do have fun trying to communicate with the cafe owners.
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Before heading into the Serra Gorda
The big birthday trip was finally underway. Our backpacks were packed and un-needed items were stowed away in our landlady's garage. Queretato, here we come!
At 7:30 a.m., we caught a direct commuter bus to the Alamo, at southend of Guadalajara. We caught a waiting cab to the new bus terminal in Tlaquepaque and the boarded the 9 a.m. ETM bus to Queretaro. What a bus! There are only 3 seats per row and the seats were just as nice as a being in a ...
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