I haven’t blogged for a while because I’m exhausted. There are an awful lot of social and public events at this time of year. Parties, parades, light displays, concerts… On Three Kings Day (Jan. 6), everyone eats a ring cake called rosca de reyes. You can go from one rosca party to another. There was one rosca that took up most of the city block between the big hotels. They had the street shut off and hundreds of people paid 25 pesos each for a huge piece of cake. It was a benefit.
On New Year’s Eve there were literally hundreds of thousands of firecrackers set off. It sounded like a war zone, beginning at about 11 PM. The dog was not happy. I think I saw a UFO. It was a large display of red lights that looked and pulsated like a jellyfish and moved horizontally across the sky until it disappeared behind some buildings.
Things are starting to get back to normal now. Here are a few pics from the last few weeks.
Rosca at Anatila's
Janelle's birthday - Flamingo's in Progreso
We returned to Ca’D'Oro (see restaurant review) and this is their puttanesca. No anchovies!
- Cardinal in our aviary
Tila and Carmen
Children's dance recital at Galerias mall
Circus jaguar
- spiral staircase
Lobby
Home-made jam
Eggs and chilaquiles
An inner courtyard
View from outdoor bar upstairs
Another day, I was shopping at the main market.
Fresh frijoles
Maya X'men selling herbal cures
Fried fish
Fish fryer
Not for Easter
Butcher
Chiles
Old toilet seats
And these plants are in back of Domo Blanco ice cream parlor.
Plant
- State police guarding Governor’s palace
Jeekers Beryl ! This is wonderful to see. Now I want you to keep your camera with you always… or else make sketches of what you see.
Your wonderful photos pretty well sum up the new year in Merida. Is your camera ready to catch the icicles?