-We can walk one block and get freshly made tortillas. :) Yum!
-Sunday brunches happen a lot here, but they do not start until 1 or 2 pm.
-You can find a lot of places selling tamales on Saturday night. Some of the kinds are mole, azafran, chicken, pork, frijoles, and many more. My favorites are azafran and chicken.
-Occasionally there are loud bursts of fireworks going off, and it scares me a lot!
-The streets and the sidewalks are not even, and so it makes walking very difficult.
-There are a lot of bakeries selling all different kinds of bread. A bread that is very popular here is Pan Coleto, a sugary, cookie type of bread.
-Most of the streets are one way because they are quite narrow. If there is red arrow, then the cross street has the right of way. If there is a black arrow, then you go first.
-If you hear a clanging sound going by, it's the gas truck. It goes by several times each day.
-If you hear the "Mission Impossible" song, it's the water truck selling big containers of drinking water. It also goes by several times a day.
-If you hear a cow bell, it's the garbage truck. This goes by only once a day, and it's in the morning.
-Graffiti is on a lot of the houses and stores around here. I'm not very observant, but my mom thinks there's more graffiti every day!
NO MELLO YELLOW? What?? Just kidding - I can't believe anyone would drink something with that name. BTW, do they use real moles in the tamales - just kidding again. (And just to keep your record going - I looked up azafran.) I wonder why they use the Mission Impossible theme for a water truck; that song reminds me of matches or fuses. So is the graffiti interesting? Saying something obscene? Do people mind? Do they try to get it off? So many questions!!
ReplyDeleteSorry I made you look up another word in the dictionary! Some of the graffiti is interesting, but most of it I don't understand, or I don't analyze too closely. People seem to be constantly painting over the graffiti on their walls, but I think it's a losing battle. Rachel didn't mention that a different water company uses the "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" theme song. I think that's pretty humorous because I really don't want that water bottle falling on my head.
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting facts. All of the different sounds that one notices-
ReplyDeletedoes it seem noisy there. With all of the noise I would think it would be hard to take a siesta (Did I spell that right?). Anyway I do so enjoy all of your writings. Rachel you and your mom make me feel like I am right their with you. Thanks for being so desciptive:)
Krista
I don't think any amount of noise could keep Rachel from a siesta, she is the nap QUEEN. When she's not busy watching football that is :)
ReplyDeleteGreat observations, Rachel. Who knew that different trucks would have their own bell sounds? I'm interested in the sugary, cookie type of bread. Bread is a weakness of mine, and one that tastes like a cookie would be particularly deadly!
ReplyDeletehaha, I like how they use the Mission Impossible theme song...what does azafran taste like?
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