Friday, December 19, 2008

Bueno!

I miss blogging, it is not easy to connect to the internet here…..you guessed that.

First I apologize for my bad grammar last entry,
Nostros nuevo casa, should have been Nostra casa nuevo.
Thanks Paul.

So much has happened, I don’t know where to start.

Ariel and Monaco, with little Angel, were here for a few days at Thanksgiving, we had carne asada, as we have no oven for a turkey. Ariel brought a pumpkin pie and real whipped cream so we felt very fortunate.


We went up to Laguna la Maria for the day to see the volcano. It never creases to amaze me that we can get so close. When we first came to Cuyutlan we camped for a while at Laguna la Maria and we would drive up toward the volcun and sit outside the truck in lawn chairs and watch the occasional lave flow down, it was like firworks when it hit a rock.

It is hard to see but can you make out the volcun?

The lake is beautiful and the caldron of another ancient volcano, the air is very fresh and it is so peaceful there.

From December 1 to the 12th are the Dias de Guadalupe. Wow, fireworks at dawn everyday (5:30 AM), parades and dancing every night in the street in front of the church. A live band played, “La Guadalupana” over and over. This is a photo a friend took of our virgen that hangs on the outside of our building next to the door, thanks Susan. She has lights that flash and looks great at night!



The last night is the best though, with young men where bamboo bulls on there back made of fireworks, they run through the crowd, showering fire and sparks! Everyone screams and runs but goes right back for more. The highlight of the night is the Castillo, a huge tower of bamboo that supports many fireworks. This is constructed in the building next to the back of the church. Willie and I were just walking to the beach and saw they were making the pieces a few days before. Que bonita!

After this is set up in front of the church, one of the fuses is lit, circles of color and sparks fly from a wheel, rockets shoot upward and the crowd goes wild. For the finale, the posters of the virgin of Guadalupa, spin around and rockets shoot them off, we think they landed on the Hotel Morelos. An amazing site!!
Hopefully our photos of the castillo came out and I will try and post them soon.