Monday, November 17, 2008

Peña de Bernal (November 16. 2008)





The blog is finally up-to-date! Yesterday, Osiris, Liliana, Wendy, Christian, and I took a day trip to Bernal, a tiny town overshadowed by a big rock (the third largest “peña” in the world, according to the sign at the base of the rock!). As the legend goes, if you climb the peña during the equinox, a surge of supernatural energy revitalizes you. - We weren’t the only people to apparently made the hike at the wrong time of the year. Even though you wouldn’t think so by looking at the photographs, there were lots of people on the trail and at the top of the peña, including a grandmotherly woman who hiked in a suit skirt and jacket, pumps, and nylons . . . and ventured out onto the very edge of the precipice! Between humoring Osiris’s dreams of being a cowboy and Liliana’s photographic whims, we had fun playing tourist.

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