Tuesday, February 12, 2008

1st stop: Merida

In Merida, we went to the Roman museum with tons of sculpture and an outdoor Roman theater museum with two coliseums. Also, just walking down a regular street we stumbled on other ruins, just laying there in between the rows of shops, seamlessly incorporating their tangible evidences of history in the presence of a commercial street.

Some of the random Roman Ruins around the city


The coliseums in the Roman theatre:




Things we observed at the Roman Museum:



I don't know what it is with me and half-naked men.....haha




While we were wondering the streets we ran into a fiestival going on in the center of town. All the store owners were dressed up in Mid-evil costumes and there were cool little shops everywhere. There was a man that had a pottery stand and was giving away little plates with our names on them. After he made mine I asked him for a pictures and he said for a kiss!haha After the picture he tried to kiss me...but failed.haha It was so fun to walk around all the stands of food and little trinkets. A tent was set up with a huge stage by the fair for shows and concerts. Me and a few other got up on the stage and started dancing to the music that was playing. It was so funny, bc eventually we had a crowd and everyone started clapping/making fun of us!haha oh, good memories!

The Festival:



The pottery man who attempted yo kiss me...


The stage where we let it all go....you can only imagine!haha


After a few hours in Merida, we re-boarded the bus and trekked onto Seville!

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