For our second day in Guadalajara, we took the Turibus from Centro Historico out to Tlaquepaque, another section of the old town. It was filled with pretty typical squares, churches, arts and crafts shops, restaurants and tequilarias! Tequila comes from the city of Tequila in the state of Jalisco of which Guadalajara is the capital. After a bit of touring around, we stopped at El Parian for lunch. Allegedly, this is the world's biggest bar, and it's about the size of one city block with a big open courtyard in the middle. We had tortas ahogadas, which are a regional specialty sandwich of pulled pork on a french roll drenched in red chile sauce and are delicious!
Afterward we headed back to the house and went out to our faux-Valentine's day dinner at an awesome Italian restaurant. It was Superbowl Sunday and I couldn't believe how packed the bars were with football fans! Our morning news sports is typically filled with wrestling and soccer, so I was under the impression the most Mexicans didn't watch football.
Nuestra Virgen de la Soledad
Main square in Tlaquepaque
El Parian - World's Biggest Bar?
Luckily, no Moctezuma's Revenge for us after eating at Moctezuma Restaurant & Bar!
Torta ahogada and margaritas!
El Parian courtyard
That's a lot of cotton candy and balloons!
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