Hungry Like the (Quiroz) Wolfs: August 2022

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Guanajuato: Cueba, (Ice) Cream, and Candy

We could do food tours all day long! Gorditas nopales and tlacoya.

Tacos.

Ice cream. Thank goodness Alex isn't in Mexico with us. We seem to have ice cream every other day. That's not an exaggeration. That has meant we've gotten to try tons of flavors: bubble gum, dried fruit, rose petal, rice, guava, peppermint, mango, key lime... the list goes on and on. Bryson is the type of guy who changes his flavors each time. Scarlet and I, on the other hand, find one we love and stick with it, Scarlet with chocolate and me with key lime.

Where are these rancheros headed?

This is an annual tradition in the summer where the people in Guanajuato (and horses too) head up the Cueba. The legend is that there is a princess who will arrive at the top of the mountain, and some lucky hombre will need to rescue her and carry her down to the church. But beware, if he looks at her, she will go from a beautiful princess to a scary serpent.

Scarlet, Bryson, and I only made it partway up to the top. But Scarlet and Bryson were happy - there were plenty of rides, food, and games to play that kept them occupied.

Fizzy drink.

Long steep hike to the Cueba.

Scarlet is a big fan of face paint. Normally, it's a no, but I figured it was worth it since there was a big Cueba festival celebrating a Guanajuato legend.

Scarlet's face paint is inspired by Anna, from Frozen. In case you were wondering!

Each morning, our house mom, Senora Theresa, makes the kids french toast. The face is courtesy of Bryson.

Our favorite - El Dorado tacos.

Making their own clay with their teacher Paulette.

Candy class!

My favorites: jamocillo and paluquetria (probably spelling that wrong!)

Guanajuato: Splash, Museum of Legends, Cooking Class

Here we are at the Explora Museum. Scarlet picked the Frozen, flowers, and Yoda backgrounds. The creepy ones were Bryson's.

This is our school, Escuela Mexicana.

Cooking class for Sopa Azteca.

Art class!

If you could create a mask, what animal would you pick?

Scarlet picked a cat, and then Bryson leveled it up with a ninja cat. Check out Scarlet's look - it includes gems and yep, those are earrings. Bryson wanted an all-black cat and had to be talked into making the background grey so we could see the whiskers.

Chocolate waffles. For dinner. Don't judge :)

Museum of Legends. Guanajuato has many legends, including this one at the Callejon de Beso (Alley of the Kiss). It's a Romeo and Juliet type story where a poor miner and rich girl fall in love. Unfortunately, her dad catches them in the act of kissing and the miner falls to his death. The dad then bludgeons the girl to death. Sad face.

But thankfully for tourists (ha!), the spirits will bless your relationships if you stand on the step where the miner died. Hence, that's what we are doing :)

This is the Cueba.

When's the last time you went to a water park?

It's been awhile since we went to one. Luckily, Splash Water Park is pretty close to Guanajuato. So after checking out a museum, we headed to the water park. Scarlet and Bryson ran off, taking my, "Go ahead and play" to mean wander around the whole park. I ended up walking around for half an hour trying to find them. Where did I find them? At the tallest slides, the ones that go straight down without the loops. Did I join them? Nope. I like a more mellow ride :)