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DAY 34
Merida: Sunday: A Day of Rest
No taxis, no buses, no traveling. It was Sunday. I decided to take a day of rest, a calm walk,
a just-to-gawk day, see the people, the kids, the street entertainers, and check my email.
Every Sunday, downtown Merida becomes a pedestrian mall. Barricades are set up, tables
set out, stages erected and families come for music, street performers, outdoor dining, and
to see clowns entertaining children on the circular stage in the park.
It was a day for an outdoor table,
guacamole
,
totopos
(chips), a cold Montejo beer and
people watching. The weather was warm, and the morning fog morphed into a bright blue
sky by 10 a.m. Later in the day, I'd have my choice of a children's choir singing Christmas
carols in the plaza near my hotel, a symphony in the Teatro Merida, or a contemporary art
show.
