This started off to be a strange day. First, I called Tec de Monterrey-Guadalajara to be sure they were expecting us. They weren't! Apparently, my email was lost in cyberspace and they didn't know we were coming. Nieves, the graduate student who works in International Programs said she'd try to arrange a lecture and perhaps a tour for us. She told me to wait and I dashed off for some breakfast and returned and waited for another 25 minutes and she finally called and said they would have a lecture for us at 12:00, to be delivered by Alberto Rubio, the director of Marketing at Tec de Guadalajara.
I told the kids to come back at 11:15 and we'd head over there on the bus. We got away about 11:32 and headed that way. We got pulled over for driving in a bus that was restricted to cars and the driver had to pay a $15 mordida (the bite) to keep from getting a ticket. To top it off, the cop gave them the wrong directions to the Tec and we got lost. We didn't arrive at the Tec until about 12:40. No problems, come back at 2:30. We could eat in the cafeteria for $3.20 and then wander around the campus.
The pictures on this page are of the activities before and after our visit to the Tec and include a wreck scene which tied us up in traffic for quite a while.
Overall, a weird day.
The guys were looking for a place to eat some breakfast and I led them to a small place that sells steamed tacos (tacos de vapor) and they had a really cheap breakfast. The tacos were thirty cents a piece.
The main catheral is whon in the background behind the guys. They are standing in the Plaza de Armes. The catheral is huge and is the major landmark of the city of Guadalajara. All of the cabs and city vehicles have a logo on the back which represents the building with the twin steeples and dome.
The guys are standing in the middle of the Plaza de Armes or the parade ground. It was rebuilt about twenty five years ago and an underground garage is located beneath it. The building in the back is the Teatro Degollado, which is the place where plays are performed and the various ballet folkloric dancers perform. Folkloric dancing started here in the state of Jalisco.
This is a bronze mural that is on the back wall of the Degollado theater. It commemorates the establishment of the city in 1542.
This is the ram's horn fountain. No water was running, but it's still impressive. Look at the size of that horn!
Just before we returned to the hotel we came up on a wreck. The gray car had struck a buy riding on a motorcycle. That's him lying in the road. The driver who stuck him was the guy wearing a pale blue shirt. He's behind the guy at the right wearing the navy tee shirt, red hat and khaki pants.
Since the wreck took place a half block from the hotel I rushed down and took some pictures. The guy was riding a small motorcycle and was hit. His neck and his right leg were hurt. Apparently, his right leg was broken and they immobilized his neck before moving him.
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May 24, 2003
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