Monday, September 14, 2009

La independencia de México

Alright so I flew into La Ciudad de México last night so that I could be here for their independence day celebration. So my first order of business was to find a hotel. I am staying at the Hotel Condesa, check out the amenities!

This is the view of my room from the outside. I got the Terrace suite.

And here is the view through mis ventanas.

¡Fabuloso!
I had some wonderful tamales and, of course, a margarita because you can't come to México and not have a margarita.
Next, I took a taxi to the Zócalo in downtown to check out the festivities.


There were traditional dancers...



of all varieties...


They really lit the place up for the evening activities...


Ok. Before I can show you anything else, I need to talk a little bit about Independence in Mexico. On 16 de septiembre de 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a catholic priest, gave El Grito de Dolores that started the Mexican fight for independence from Spain. They finally defeated Spain in 1821. So on el 16 de septiembre every year they have a big celebration. An especially big one here in the capital (which of course is why I came).

This is Mexico's presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. He comes out and gives his version of El Grito de Dolores (which was just a battle cry) and then he rings a big bell at the palace and they sing Mexico's national anthem.
And then the fuegos artificiales!!!

Each city in Mexico has fuegos artificiales and everyone has a big fiesta. It was great!
How do you celebrate the U.S.A.'s Independence Day?
Also, I am not a really great decision maker, so I need your help. You see I am in Mexico for a few days yet and where should I go next??
Give me some good reasons why because I really am bad at decision making.







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24 comments:

  1. Cielo!September 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    En U.S.A. we usually have fiestas. And spend tiempo with amigos y familia. And we watch fuegos artificiales.


    Yo would choose Plonco. Yo would choose Plonco porque it sounds like it has muchos interesante. Y por lo que parece it es beautiful.

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  2. HilarioSeptember 14, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    En my familia, I usually take siestas the whole time. THen maybe a cookout at abuelas. Then more siestas.

    Yo would visitia Polanco porque is it a nice ciudad and has a nice urban yet rural area. I don't like ciudads to have too much urbaness to them so I would escoger Polanco si.

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  3. AmberSeptember 14, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    Yo cree que tú ir a Plnco porque hotél bueno. Y mucho artes.

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  4. SaraSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    Yo me gusta Polanco. El ciudad es bonita. It looks interesante and cultural. There are mucho places to come.

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  5. Linda/BrittSeptember 17, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    Yo seleccón la Polanco por que es muy bonita. Es bonita arte y grande hoteles. ¡Vas de Polanco hotél!

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  6. mauricio/masonSeptember 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    It has nice hotels to stay at and has restuarants to eat at and places to go shopping.

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  7. benita68September 18, 2009 at 3:22 AM

    My family usually has a fiesta and then
    at night when it gets dark we have fuegos artificiales.

    Yo should go to visitia Polance por que it is beautiful,
    because it is cultural, and because it the best shopping district

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  8. socorroSeptember 18, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    how i celebrate independence day is by going to go watch fireworks with family and friends!!! also we go to a friends house that sunday or when they have it and play volleyball and eat there too!!!

    yo should go to polance por gue it is very bonita! aslo it looks very interesante. it has beautiful places to eat and see. alos yo can stay there!!!

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  9. LaurenSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Hola!! Mi seleccion es Polance porque hay muy restaurantes y compra. Tu podes visita Antropology Museum y Modern Art Museum!

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  10. LaurenSeptember 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    Yo celebro el Dia de la Independencia en Estados Unidos por habiendo fiestas y visita familia.

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  11. Anabel_spanish_classSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Yo me gusta Polanco. Es muy bonita y mucho artes y muy restaurantes. Yo celebro el Dia de la Independencia en Estados Unidos con fiestas y amigos y familia.

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  12. EstebanSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    En el U.S.A. nosotros tengamos fiestas tambien. Yo gustarle el hotel y el vista de los ventanas. Yo llevo ir a Polanco porque le mirar muy bonita pero muy expensivo.

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  13. kyle mestemakerSeptember 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    Polanco tiene muchos lugares a visitar. Polanco es cuidad bonita.

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  14. kyleewelchSeptember 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM

    Ir a Polanco porque Polanco es muy bonito. Polanco muestra que México es importante. En U.S.A celebramos con las banderas y comida.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I think you should go visit Polanco because it is a very wonderful looking place to visit with some very bonita hotels and resturant. El templo Mayor is an old building and im not into the historical buildings as much as i would be interested in Polanco because Polanco is a more modern looking place.

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  16. IDALISSeptember 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    En el Estados Unidos se celebre el día de independencia con fuegos artificiales también. A las fiestas. Tenemos música, comida, bebidas, y baile también.

    Tú necesita ir a Polanco porque esta muy bonita y puedas ver muchos edificios interesante. Para ejemplo, el museo de bellas artes.

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  17. PilarSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    En mi familia we usually have fiestas and watch fuegos artificiales at night, we also go to the lake and watch them from the boat.

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  18. CatalinaSeptember 22, 2009 at 3:11 AM

    We celebrate u.s.a.'s Independents day by watching artificiales and cookouts. My familia watches it on the lago out at lago james.


    Yo would probly want to choose Plonco. yo think it's beautiful and a lot about it interests mi. It seems like it would be a different scene to see compared to union city.

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  19. CatalinaSeptember 22, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    Yo am bad at decsions cause i don't really know if yo am making the right one. So for mi it would be hard to decide on things.

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  20. KarliSeptember 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    I thnk that you should visit El Templo Mayor because it would be awesome to meet the mayor and see the blanco building

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  21. milagros/kelsSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    In the United States we celebrate independencia day with fiestas and fireworks! My familia comes and we cookout and play games.

    Next, I think you should go to Monterrey. It is a beautiful city, and it has lots of attractions. People usually overlook this city, but you will be surprised if you go here.

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  22. Marcela;September 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    Mi sustantivo es Polanco. Porque seems muy interesante y grande. Hotel es muy bonita!

    La independencia de USA es muy similar con mexico. Nosotros miramos fuegos artificiales y grande fiestas.

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  23. EstebanOctober 11, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    El piramide en Palenque es muy grande y viejo tambien. !Pero el piramide tiene muchos pases!

    El museo de Antropologia en Mexico mira muy interesante y muy expensivo.

    Yo quero saber historia de mayans

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  24. EstebanOctober 25, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    El jamaica tea miro bueno a mi porque el tea miro infructuoso.
    Atoles miro muy malo porque el atoles hago maize en le.
    Los otros bebidas miro muy malo tambien.

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