"dtwright37" > wrote in message
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Just for fun and knowledge, I like to know what Wayne remembers from
Easter dinners in Veracruz, and also what Rolly thinks Doña Martha is
planning for this coming Easter.

David

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Good question. Got me thinking. But what I remember the most is how Mexico
City becomes eerily quiet and empty during the week. Everybody flees the
city and heads to places far from the pollution. They find wondrous foods on
the road everywhere. Rabbit on the road to the volcanoes, Taquizas
everywhere, Barbacoa on most roads outside the city. Nobody in their right
mind goes to Veracruz because of the nortes and rotten weather traditional
to this time of year. Locally... we did nothing. Nothing special. Maybe a
new movie came to the store/warehouse in Paso Largo and maybe a street fare
kind of thing like swap meet. Very low key.

A lot of kids smashing ash filled eggshells. The real Easter madness is in
places like Taxco and Michoacan towns where the priests of old left their
mark in working copper, wood, and most typical and traditional Mexican art.
Copper, Talavera, place mats, wooden masks... ad infinitum. All the saints
and Christ figures rolled out to the street in endless streams... street
vendors selling every conceivable delicacy...

But not much in our part of Veracruz. Deep in the jungle, hard to get to.
The port itself boasts a Mardi-Gra now but I don't remember if it was very
popular back when I was there.

Thanks for asking!