TGIF: Happy Fake Birthday Ashley!!
Yes, you read that right. We did it again. We faked another birthday so we could have an excuse to party and eat cake. You wish you were cool like this.
Today was quite a busy day. This morning we had our culture class with Irma, and she took us around the city and pointed out a few things that we might have over looked. We also tried sugar cane from the street, rice paper, and paletas de hielo. Paletas means sucker or lollipop, but paletas de hielo are popsicles. Homemade Tehuacán popsicles are too legit to quit. We rolled up to Lupita's Paleteria and all got popsicles for a late breakfast. Me and Bonnie were extra adventurous and got elote flavored popsicles...which means, they are made of corn..they don't actually taste like corn. They were actually very cinnamony and sweet, and we loved them up.
For my lunch my mom packed me crepas, or crepes. I thought crepes were always filled with something sweet like nutella, or fruit, so I was a little confused. These crepes were filled with chicken, peppers, corn and lots of cheese. They were stinkin' delicious!! They were actually more like cheese covered tacos..or in the U.S. we might call them chalupas, I'm not really sure. Most crepes here are actually like pancakes, and these just happened to be called crepes, even though they kinda weren't. Whatever you call them, they taste amazing.
My students were particularly naughty today, so sometimes I have to take a moment to do something silly to make them cool off and cut it out..So, I took their picture. They're cute right??
After class, we celebrated Ashley's fake birthday. However, our awesome plans had to be cancelled because (shocker) it rained!! It also was freezing cold, and we decided we would save our plans till next Friday, and just chill out a bit. We walked to a store to get some snackies and drinks, and then came back to eat the delicious tres leches cake. This time we bought a vanilla one with strawberries and whip cream. It was very very moist from ALL that milk. Tres leches cake has three milks, evaporated, sweetened condensed and regular. It is sure to make your stomach hurt, but it is pretty worth it. She loved her cake, and we were happy to celebrate with her. Happy Fake Birthday Ashley!!! We love you!
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