While I have been here I have noticed something about the kids and what they do. One thing that I find very interesting is that kids in small towns tend to hang out around the plaza a lot. Girls in one group walking and talking clockwise around the plaza and boys in another group walking the other direction. If a girl holds a boy's eye contact for a length of time, the boy sends someone else over to talk to him. Very strange. Is that how you pick up a boy or girl?? Through another person?
In the towns, boys and girls can only go out with each other if they have a chaperone; usually an older sibling who eventually wanders off about mid date. I wonder if they tell the parents that they left them alone??
In the cities, the kids do a lot of things like we do here. They go to amusement parks, like 6 Flags in México, D.F.
They text each other and chat on the internet.
They hang out at cafés.
Or they hang out near the plaza downtown, too. Usually in groups.
They also go clubbing. Remember there is no legal drinking age in México so kids can go out and have a good time. They go to clubs or discotecas to hang out and dance. I mean they dance. Not like here, where there is music playing and people stand around the edges of the dance floor until the night is almost over and then they dance. I mean they dance the whole time!!
Do you like to dance? Would you go to a discoteca? The music is extremely loud and it is very crowded. Not my thing, but I thought that you would be interested.
A couple of other interesting facts that I discovered. Kids living in the Yucatan will take trips to Cuba for fun since it isn't that far away. We can't do that here. Trips to Cuba are off limits.
Also, watch out for those boys. They have a weird way of thinking about girls. See, they will get a novia, girlfriend, and they will guard her honor, treasure her and care for her. They get very jealous of other guys being around her. But at the same time that they are dating this "good" girl they are still chasing and persuing other girls at the discoteca, over the phone or on the internet.
What do you think of that??
Es muy bonita.
brightly colored tiles and handmade furniture...
stained glass windows...
y comida buena.
Also, there is Jamaica flower tea. Check it out.
In the towns, boys and girls can only go out with each other if they have a chaperone; usually an older sibling who eventually wanders off about mid date. I wonder if they tell the parents that they left them alone??
They text each other and chat on the internet.
Or they hang out near the plaza downtown, too. Usually in groups.
They also go clubbing. Remember there is no legal drinking age in México so kids can go out and have a good time. They go to clubs or discotecas to hang out and dance. I mean they dance. Not like here, where there is music playing and people stand around the edges of the dance floor until the night is almost over and then they dance. I mean they dance the whole time!!
Do you like to dance? Would you go to a discoteca? The music is extremely loud and it is very crowded. Not my thing, but I thought that you would be interested.
A couple of other interesting facts that I discovered. Kids living in the Yucatan will take trips to Cuba for fun since it isn't that far away. We can't do that here. Trips to Cuba are off limits.
Hay un piramide maya a Uxmal en la peninsula Yucatan. It is the tallest such pyramid in MesoAmerica. 
Este es una piramide en Palenque en el Yucatan. The ruinas mayas de Palenque are one of the top tourists spots in all of México.
This is the inner courtyard or plaza del Palacio Presidencial en la Ciudad de México. The presidente, su familia, and government work go on here.
Here is the outside view. It is ENORME.
Las corridas, bullfighting, is a sport en España as well as México. Although it is not as popular here as it used to be. Es la Plaza de Toros en México, D. F. It is the largest one in the world.
Este edificio es la biblioteca de la Universidad de México en la Ciudad de México. Es muy famoso. Está en muchos textbooks de escuelas.
Este edificio es el museo de Antropologia en la Ciudad de México. Es muy moderno.
You can go here to learn more about the Mayans and the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest.
Y finalmente, el más famoso edificio en todo (all) de México. El Castillo de Chichen Itza.
Es una piramide maya.
Ok. So what do you want to know about México next??? It can be a place, or any aspect of society. Just name it and I will see what I can learn.
