Friday at the Fair

Friday was exceptional.  In the morning we had a “fair.”  The students dreamed up games that required English for participation and prizes.

    Games included twister, bingo, spin the dial, kick the ball into the goal, break the water balloon over someone’s head and climb the wall.  That’s Philip Stewart again, getting splashed, and yours truly on the climbing wall. 

Thursday, March 27

Thursday afternoon we met up with a class who performed a very old legend of SLP involving witchcraft, executioners, ladies of the night and the police.  They dressed accordingly.  Two of the participants met us in the cafeteria to direct us to the auditorium.  When they walked in we were a bit tongue tied (not knowing they were part of an act which we were about to see).  Here was someone “in drag”, if you will, accompanied by another quite handsome guy who looked like a model from Esquire.  Of course Philip again had to clown and hold the “woman”’s hand outside while I laughed so hard I could hardly take the picture.

Wednesday, March 26

   Wednesday morning we toured the GM factory of San Luis, the technology for which will be described later.  Sorry, GM did not allow photos during our tour of the assembly plant.

Following this we were treated to lunch, power point presentation and music by Jessica Ortiz from the suburb of Soledad – which is technically our Sister City.  The restaurant was genuine Huasteca, the eastern region of the state.  

 

 

 

 

 The students love to talk about Huasteca because it’s just a few hours away and offers tropical climate & vegetation, waterfalls and a chance to swim.  Many Europeans go there for vacations and more Americans too.  (Nice to know some Americans go somewhere other than the Yucatan from cruise ships!)

  Here is a picture of a Huastecan woman in her brilliantly colored dress.  Also a picture of a gate at a private home which we thought was stunning.

 

 

Lunch was delicious and good fun.  We also have with us Karen Stamm who was born in Canada and an accountant by trade, as well as Sandy Moulton who was taking a second trip to SLP and Ann Honeycutt who heads up Sister Cities.  Ann is the main link to the suburb of Soledad and is a link to the programs which involve exchange of firemen, fountains and fire trucks between Soledad/SLP and Alamance County. 

 

 

 

 

And the reason why the “Bomberos” provided our transportation in their bright red pickup and SUV.