As the Burrito Burns

Step into the surrealishious and amazing world of Mexico as told through the eyes and mind of a teacher who has spent the past 20 years living in the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta. A wide range of experiences stretching from the serious to the sublime: living, working, marrying, birthing, teaching, eating, drinking, frolicking and fraternizing and so much more. There is so much to see and do, to tell and be told the list never gets old here at "As the Burrito Burns."

Sunday, October 08, 2006

"Espana World" and a "lil bit of Hell"

So, to continue with the tales from the most imaginative party ever---we all made our way across a great expanse of lawn in the dark to yet another apt. this one in building 16. It was truly a welcome feel to walk into the air-conditioned realm of "Espana World" and to be greeted by our hostess, dressed to the hilt in the attire of Spain. The entire apt. was decorated in yellow and red, there were same colored ribbons to affix to your clothing, and a generous selection of "tapas" awaiting the tipsy travellers. While we were served regional wines, trays of crusty bread laden with proscuitto were passed around and on a separate table one could nosh on olives, smoked oysters, tiny dried fish, chunks of cheese and the list goes on. There were pictures of fighting bulls on the walls, red and yellow banners and generally a very pleasant atmosphere--no sign of Pedro Romero though, much to my chagrin.
The last "world" was one of the wildest. It was billed as "Heaven and a lil bit of Hell" and we had to follow a trail of small candles up the stairs of building 11--up to the very top. As the door opened we entered "heaven" and it really was something! The entire apt. was tricked out in white balloons, glitter, and tons of "clouds" containing interesting quotes and pictures of teachers and students from our school. It represented an amazing amount of preparation!! There was a teacher dressed in full angel regalia and another dressed as a devil. The devil passed out red and white jello shots and the angel offered tiny "clouds" of whipped cream sprayed directly into your mouth. The drink of the evening was a heavenly concoction of vodka, Sprite and some pinkish ice cream--not sure the name and on an adjacent table was a selection of brownies and lemon bars, fresh fruit including giant strawberries and star fruit. Meanwhile, out on the balconey there were "flames" shooting up from the floor and the devil was busy pouring shots of Cuervo tequila. Mwaaa aaaa aaaa! It was truly something to experience.
Well, the guantlet has definitely been thrown down by these intrepid and tremendously imaginative teachers! We were joking that no one will want to follow that act---how could you??? I'm just glad I was able to participate and I raise a multi-national toast to you all! Salud!

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