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I decides to go out and do a couple of errands - pay the cable bill, get some groceries. As I was in the last store, getting ready to go back home, it started to rain. And, not just a little. A lot! I decided to wait it out. Rain turned to hail the size [...] …if I said that these Nun Dolls creep me out. A lot. A lot of people keep asking what the weather is like here in Puebla. Right now, it’s not all that hot, it’s sunny and, generally it rains – even pours – most evenings. As, you can see the average highs [...] Sunday, July 5 was Election Day here in Mexico. It was the federal midterm elections – every 3 years, the entire Congress of Deputies [the equivalent of Canada's House of Commons] gets re-elected, and every 6 years, the President is thrown into the mix. This time, the President was exempt from elimination. This is really the closest thing I could find for a Canada Day theme – Mexican Snow! AKA… Hail. So, you guys are probably all like, that Ryan, he’s in sunny Mexico. Well, it is. Sometimes. But, it’s rainy season. And, that means thundershowers. A lot of them. One day, when I was here in March, I kept hearing loud bangs coming from somewhere outside. I asked Rosy what they were, and she shrugged, and said that she didn’t know… maybe fireworks. This lasted most of the day. I don’t know if any of you have ever played Charades in a language that you only barely understand, but that’s what happened to me on Saturday. Here in Mexico, or at least in Puebla, there are trucks that play music as they drive around neighbourhoods trying to get your attention so that you’ll come out and buy what they’re selling. Sound familiar? Yeah, they’re kinda like ice cream trucks, except they sell… gas. Gas to heat your water and run your [...] |
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