Orozco and San Juan

Yesterday I went on another CEA excursion to the Instituto Cultural in el centro historic to see a mural by Orozco. Man, he was dark. It’s all about political and religious corruption, the coming of the apocalypse, technology as the fifth horseman, etc. Our guide supposedly spoke English but it was really hard to understand him. He kept moving us around to see how the mural changes depending on where you stand, which was interesting but, ultimately, succeeded in making me very dizzy since the mural is mostly on the ceiling.

After seeing the mural we went to the giant market, San Juan de Dios, nearby. It is so big that I’ve gone there three times now and I always manage to get lost. Even Cassandra (who is from Guadalajara) admits to getting lost in the three story maze of shoes, clothes, pirated DVDs, food, souvenirs, and hundreds of other vendors. I bought a tan, suede messenger bag to carry my school books in. A bunch of the other things the guy was selling had cool floral designs burned into them so I asked for a flower on the corner of the flap. The whole thing cost less than $12.

Today after school I hung around and chatted with Minori (a girl from Yokohama, Japan) about weekend plans. She loves to ask me about my time in Japan and my Japanese skills. She thinks it’s really funny that we say “itadakimasu” before eating, and “onaka ga ippaidesu” when we’re full. It’s fun talking to her because our common language is Spanish so we’re forced to figure it out.

Later tonight I’m going to meet up with her, Kim, Jan, Elan, and a bunch of others at a salsa club near Centro Magno. Should be fun since it’s 2-for-1 (dos por uno) night in Guadalajara!

This weekend is a three day weekend, so I'm going with a bunch of CEPE students to Barra de Navidad (a beach about a 6 hour bus ride from here). I'm excited but I have to figure out my transportation plans soon!