We went to watch people dance in their underwear.
They had really pretty underwear.
Most of them had more elaborate costumes but then stripped down to their underwear.
They flipped upside down.
They stood on each other’s backs.
And gave each other hugs
Even though they didn’t seem to like each other very much.
This was Kerri’s favourite.
She called him the pretty blue grinch.
Because he fought the Santa skeletons.
This is a church.
This is a steeple
This is a square without many people.
Kerri should leave the poetry for the people in the Arts Center.
Puebla’s buildings are colourful
The benches face away from the street toward the colourful buildings.
Matt had a shot with goat cheese. It was tasty.
Some of the doorways were also colourful.
And there were colourful banners overhead.
Kerri made Matt stand in the picture frame because that’s what picture frames are for
The street with the markets is actually prettier without the frame, but that’s cheating.
The sky was pretty at sunset.
But it wasn’t as colourful as the buildings
Matt ate black mole, which is chocolate
Kerri had red mole, which the guide said was not spicy. She lied. This was the day after Kerri had trouble eating a potato taco with no sauce because it was too spicy. Mexico is not going well for Kerri.
We rode on a trajnera
Which is a boat that’s pushed along the canal with a stick instead of an oar
It had a pinata in the front
They use these things to dredge the canals and put the mud in the chinampas, which are squares of mud held together by reeds
Which you can build farms on, in the middle of the lake
At the farm they made us lunch
From the food grown on the chinampa
Which was very green
Except the parts that were yellow
Or purple
This is a weird cauliflower
They also had a lot of lettuce
Kerri played with a ball and cup game. Unsuccessfully.
And we wore sombreros
Because Kerri said we had to.
There were more Jesus birds in the canal
But the water was too deep for them to walk on water
There were also egrets
AI says this is “probably a bird”, which is the first time it’s been right in a long time, so we’re going with that answer.
This is an osprey
You can tell because it’s derpy-looking
This is a duck
This is a hunched up heron
This is another duck
This is a pretty skeleton
We’re not sure why, Halloween was a while ago
This is another duck
It’s Christmas and that obviously means pinatas!
At least that’s what Matt learned while on a tour. The 7 points represent the seven deadly sins and you overcome them by obviously bashing them over and over until candy comes out.
Speaking of candy, there are a lot of different options to try. The coconut/pineapple disks were particularly tasty.
Being tall meant a lot of ducking through the market.
Another common snack you can find are cooked grasshoppers. These ones in particular were seasoned with lime and chili. The texture isn’t too bad, just crunchy and chewy at the same time.
Among all the piles of chilies you can also find these stalls that carry mole powders and pastes. They take so long to make that most people just buy these pre-made forms and then add stock to the desired consistency.
Mole will have to wait until later in the trip, but we did make some salsa which means cooking all the ingredients before crushing them together.
Here’s the in-progress photo.
And the final product in the molcajete.
We served the salsa on top of the tortilla with nopal (cactus), and onion. It was delicious and can’t wait to continue the food journey through Mexico.
