This last one is of the "callejon de besos" or roughly translated as the little street of kisses. It is one of the big tourist attractions of our city-a street so narrow, that you can kiss across the windows of the buildings. Supposedly however, since our city is a very conservative, Catholic town, they have actually banned the practice!
We basically spent the 3 weeks of the Festival hosting friends, hanging out in the streets watching many of the free events, and just enjoying the time. We did attend two events, one a a contemporary dance event by a group called Delfos Dance, from Sinaloa which was the "showcased" Mexican state this year:
The other event was an outdoor event by a wonderful singer from Mali named Oumou Sangare:
So while an exhausting three weeks-a really fun one!
On other news, as some of you may know, in the Peace Corps we are encouraged to have what is called a "secondary project" outside of our primary work time. Mine has turned out to be the adorable new baby boy Attila! He is officially five months old yesterday and the son of the young woman who is the new CEO of CIMATIKA, the spin off our center is creating to commercialize technology from our center. He is absolutely adorable and we take him with us everywhere-trips to business meetings, Costco, or just hanging out in the city having coffee together:
So that is about it for now! Our birthdays were this past month as well, so October was non-stop festivities! And since we aren't ready to slow down, we are going to San Miguel de Allende this weekend to join my sister Susie, who is already there. We are going to celebrate the day of the dead-one of the more important holidays here in Mexico. After that, we have a week at home and then take our first "official" vacation when we go to Guadalajara to meet friends for a few days, then back to San Miguel and Guanajuato. It will be hard to buckle down to work after all this playing. Luckily, at that point, Xmas break will be on the horizon!
