La Ciudad de San Juan Teotihuacan

There are the most beautiful streamers and ribbons hanging between light posts all up and down the streets in San Juan. With the sun shining througout the day it is gorgeous to see all the different colors and the sparkles when looking down a street that might otherwise seem run down and in need of some major TLC. I can't quite figure out if this is because of the recent festivities that the town is so dressed up, or if that is just how it always looks. With all the amazing festivals and fairs it does seem kind of like this area is in a constant state of celebration. Either way I love the effect.

The first night we were hear I woke up in the middle of a dream to hear several loud explosions that sounded like gun shots. I looked over at my snoring husband and he was peaceful as could be. The BOOMing continued sparadically throughout the night. I came to find out that during the festival there would be constant fireworks! Anytime, day or night for the next week and a half there was random booming. After a while I got used to it, as had Danny and Charlie from many years of celebrating en Mexico.

One of our first experiences of the fesitval was to walk down towards La Inglesia de Purificacion, pictured illuminated at right, blocks away from the house. As we approached the church, the bells began to ring and as we walked onto the church grounds, a magnificent fireworks display began. Dan and I were looking up with our mouths wide open OOHing and AHHing with the crowd when a spent firework fell from the sky about 6 feet from Danny's head. We were on our way down the road after that and saw and heard many more still embering firworks fall from the sky along the way out.

The larger church in the city is pictured at right and is called La Parroquia de San Juan. On a longer walk one day we stopped by. The grounds are lush green and peaceful. The stone work around town, plus some really old adobe, is beautiful. Although the sidewalks are uneven and often times I think they were out to get me to trip and fall on my face, San Juan is a great place to just walk around and explore. If we go to the market or any other tienda, we walk there. The only time the car is used is when we leave San Juan. It is a nice change to walk to the majority of our destinations.