Itzlahuaca

This weekend I was able to travel out of Mexico City with some friends. We passed throught Toluca and then I stayed in Itzlahuaca. The cool thing about Itzlahuaca is that it is the hometown of two of my Mexican friends/co-workers in Asheville. I was able to spend time with their families. Since I was out in the "country" I learned how to make corn tortillas from scratch over a fire, and before cooking and eating our corn-on-the-cobb we had to go out in the field and pick it. We had chicken soup for dinner one evening and it had the WHOLE chicken in it (minus the fethers). I was thankful that I got a wing instead of a foot in my bowl at dinner. I LOVED the whole experience!

Me and Joana-Belen ("Belen" means Bethlehem)

Cooking tortillas

Washing clothes by hand

Downtown Itzlahuaca

Corn Husking