Collision... then Sunday's events

It was requested that I describe the collision between Maggie and Susan. Before the dance Maggie overheard her dance partner making some gestures to his friend about trying to kiss their partner, Maggie and Susan, during the dance. As you may not know there is a part where you turn your head as if recieving a kiss from your partner. Sooo i trying to dodge the boys kisses the girls went in circles and crashed into one another. To their misfortune it was not discrete because our host family took several pictures of the collision. THE END


Today, Sunday, I woke up to see Mrs. Powell who sweetly asked me to go to the market with her and Sandy (as she allows us to call her). Unable to say no I went along for the ride with Viridiana her husband Jesus, Beatriz, her mother, her father, and also her baby Nelly. When we got their I was surprised by the crowd in the market at 8:30 in the morning. Viridiana explained to us that there are more people come to sell, but the wee hours of the morning they had decided to sleep. Also what is really cool is that the people really dont have to pay for the spot to rent. They can just come in and make sure that they clean up their area before they leave. CANT DO THAT IN AMERICA! By the time we got home at around 9:30 everyone was awake and ready to go shopping in the market in Tlacolula. This market probably took up over 10 blocks. There we could buy fresh fruit, hammocks, chocolate foamers (which you will all have when we get back) and also a silver ring for Mary, which she requested in her absence. Shortly afterwards we went to Mitla, an archeological site built from possibly 200 A.D. The uniqueness of this structure is seen in the palace walls are decorated with distinctive geometric mosaics. As the tour guide said, this best characterizes the site as a Zapotec ruin.

As you can see below there is a church built behind the ruins. Well, unfortunately in 1494 the aztecs ransacked the zapotec ruins and took over. Then Columbus and his goonies came in and coverted the indigenous people into Catholics. Therefore the church behind what is 5% of the complete Zapotec palace was built on top of the site. Also making the church an ancient building, Columbus used the materials from the old ruins to build that very church.When we came home from Mitla we made tamales the traditional Mexican way. We used masa, which is a kind of batter with corn meal, and pressed them into tortillas. Then we placed chicken and a kind of chile sauce inside. Once the tamale was closed we placed them in corn husks and put them in a huge vegetable steamer for 35-45 minutes. And as I speak, dinner is ready.

As you all can see our days are jam packed with things to do and people to see. Tomorrow stay tuned as we discuss the petrified waterfalls Hierva del Agua. Hasta Luego