November 24, 2023 To Guadalajara
We took a bus to Guadalajara. It was about 3 hours of travel time. The bus, Primera Plus, was comfortable with lots of leg room and televisions at each seat.
When we arrived and checked into our hotel,we were sooooo hungry and sought out a place to eat. It appeared that restaurants were mostly closed or there weren’t any. We found a “torta” place and I had another greasy sandwich. OK, by this time in my journey, the food was not settling with me very well. I don’t eat tomatoes or anything spicy and everything else seemed fried with lots of bread. I was overwhelmed.
It was dark by the time we finished eating and we decided to go to the Cathedral at the central square. I must say that our first introduction to Guadalajara was not all that positive. I felt it was like a sensory assault. People! Lights! Noise! More People! Traffic! Loud Music! All at the same time. Later on, Michele and I came up with a list of adjectives for this first short evening in central Guadalajara.
Horrendous
Noisy cacophony
Screeching honks
Screeching music
Loud tenor
Visually overwhelming
Harsh discordant sound—continual
Every step jarring
And the Cathedral was very ordinary.
We did not return to the Central Square. Fortunately it got better after that evening.
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