16 February 2009

Birthday festivities - Round 1

In addition to the overwhelming amount of birthday wishes I received, we had a big party in honor of our students and the end of the semester. It just so happened that it fell on my birthday :)

Round 1 took place in a restaurant-cafe called "Meet"... We arranged with the owners to reserve the upstairs section, and we had trays of tacos dorados, tostadas and nachos. They also served jars of horchata and jamaica water, and we brought 2 delicious flans from the local Brazilian pizza place (which oddly enough has a dessert counter, too)...

We had a HUGE turnout of students, and had to keep upping the food and beverages (including numerous "beer runs" to supplement the mezcal and tequila students brought).










Not surprisingly, because of the large amount of alcohol being consumed (and NOT being purchased from the host establishment), around 11pm we were asked to wind down Round 1 and leave the restaurant. I was more than happy to end Round 1, and move on to Round 2, where I wouldn't have any feelings of responsibility for rowdiness and/or drunkenness of students (and fellow teachers, not mentioning any names.... ALLISON) :)