Yesterday we went downtown to have a look/see, it is always a fun time and this year it seems better than ever.
We first went and visited the malecon to see if anything was going on there, it was pretty quiet; although we were approached by a fellow for some information about living here and ended up talking to his wife in the USA over his cell phone. Interesting encounter, after that a group of high school students who had been listening to us chatting had lots of questions for us. We had a fun conversation with them. There was what looked like a small cruise ship parked at the cruise ship dock and we hadn't heard anything about a cruise coming in, so I asked the students if they knew anything about it. One young fellow, quickly replied with a grin that it was his yacht and laughed. I laughed back and told him, "in your dreams". His friends and he all thought that was hilarious and then wanted to know how to say it in English. A fun chat with them before we went on our way.
Off we wandered to the plazas where the festival is being held and looked around. It was still early so they were still setting up some of the lighting. We sat on one of the benches and watched some children getting their faces painted and laughed at the antics of the little children. They are so much fun when you know they are not coming home with you!
Our stomachs told us it was time for dinner so we wandered over to the restaurant La Casona del Bueno. We relaxed over a light dinner and then returned to the festival.
We grabbed some seats in the plaza and relaxed listening to a musical group from the Casa de la Cultura and then watched the dance group "Guaima" perform several Veracruz style dances. Then the group we had been waiting for, La Ruckeada, took the stage. They are also a local group and perform older songs, "los oldies" usually, both Spanish and English. We enjoy this group so were looking forward to hearing them again.
Needless to say I took a lot of photos so put them into a slideshow to save some
space. I hope you enjoy looking at the scenes through our eyes.
