For the day of the dead (Nov. 2) we had school off which meant we had a 3 day weekend! We left Friday right after school and took a taxi to the bus station and then a 6.5 hour bus ride. This ride was fine, they showed two movies. 1- armagedan in spanish...needless to say we were all crying by the end. 2- lindsay lohans love bug or something like that...the remake of herbie goes bannanas. All my roommates thought I was crazy and didn't believe it was a real movie...I need to bring it back after Christmas dad! 
When we got there we took a taxi to our hostle which was in the perfect spot! Right out one of the rooms was the cathedral and out of the other room it was another side of the cathedral. Our side also had a bar outside of it which was a little loud! But it was only open Friday and Saturday night. The other girls' room had the bells that went off ever hour. However, the rooms were so dark that we had no problem sleeping in!
Friday night we went to a little cantina and then went to bed because we were tired. When we were getting ready for bed there was no water...we thought nothing of it...
Saturday morning we woke up and there was still no water. By this point were like crud...but we get ready and we go to this cute little restaurant that apparently has only the best breakfast and the rest of its food is bad....
Then we went to the cathedral which was beautiful and made me think of Europe. Next we took a double decker trolly around the city. We had to duck a few times so we didn't get our heads cut off by cables.
day of the dead. All over the city there were altars to remember the people who have passed before those who are left behind. After walking out of the cathedral we were wandering, trying to find the trolly and saw something very colorful.....a guard told us we could come in and look. What we saw was truly amazing! All of these are created by differe
nt colored rocks, pasta, or fruit. It was huge and truly amazing to see how much time and detail they place into remembering those who have passed. The tradition believes that the dead will come and eat what is left for them on the altar. Also, that it's important to remember what the person loved or what made them unique. For example at other altars there were stuffed animal dogs to represent their dogs. Or there are guitars if they played or loved music. Each family decides how the person would like to be remembered.
nt colored rocks, pasta, or fruit. It was huge and truly amazing to see how much time and detail they place into remembering those who have passed. The tradition believes that the dead will come and eat what is left for them on the altar. Also, that it's important to remember what the person loved or what made them unique. For example at other altars there were stuffed animal dogs to represent their dogs. Or there are guitars if they played or loved music. Each family decides how the person would like to be remembered.
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