Wine and Cheese Trip

Our agreement with Delaware includes two free trips with the university and we took the advantage of a free trip, plus free wine and cheese, and opted to go to Tequisquiapan, a small town in the state of Queretero for a wine and cheese tour.  We arrived at the university early in the morning, met up with our friend Cortez, and started the four hour trip.  Our first stop: a cheese "factory" which was more of a museum, as it is just for tours and does not produce cheese.  We walked around and had a tour and explanation of how they make cheese, which would have been interesting if I had been listening.  In my defense, it was in Spanish and there were baby sheep and cows.

I thought of you, Jesse Kovaks.

Nooo Jake, you're not supposed to punch the cowlets.

We also got to wear the lunch lady hair nets and mask thingies.  We rocked them.

Getting a very fake demonstration of how they probably don't make cheese.

 All of this led up to the CHEESE! They were all delicious and very fresh.  I don't remember all the names but they were all good.  The people at our table had pity on the weird foreign kids and gave us extra.  Yay!

   From there we went to the tour of the Freixenet wine company.  Their specialty is their sparkling wine. Once again, I was distracted by the possibility of drinking wine, so I don't really know much about the process. It involves spinning bottles and putting them in different positions. Anyway, we got wine! We were pretty anxious for a while because we were told that we would only get an empty glass, but the university fulfilled their promise and bought us champagne.  

Champagne!

We went to lunch at a restaurant in a nearby town, then drove to the town of Tequisquiapan to walk around for a few hours.  In the town square there were some dancers showing off their zapateado techniques (rhythmic tapping with heels, but not like tap dancing) along with plenty of food and artisan vendors.

 On our way back to the bus, we noticed a funny looking monument, which apparently marks the geographic center of Mexico.  Who knew?

 It was a great little day trip with all the necessary components: friends, sunshine, food, and wine.  What could be better?