I don't have a whole lot for you today...except that yesterday I learned something about the culture of Queretaro. On sundays, they shut down the main street that runs through downtown for about 7 blocks. The purpose is for a day called caminando (which means walking). On this day, which happens to be every sunday, you are supposed to dedicate the whole day to family. So they shut down the road so families can walk on it, our sister told us that often times they will have street soccer going on or giant games of volleyball. That wasn't happening yesterday but in the square there was people all dressed up in traditional clothes playing music and it was pretty cool. I thought this was interesting how strongly they portray family in their lives and although we consider our culture to be fairly family oriented, its interesting to see another cultures perspective because in comparison, our culture is VERY individualistic and we care about the self above everything else, but that is not the case at all in this culture as well as many other around the world. Quite facinating.
Also, I chose to walk around town yesterday in my converse...and i now have blisters the size of quarters on both of my heels...BOO!
That is all
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