So, I know I'm a few days behind, and I'll update soon. The past few days, though, I was feeling slightly sick, and today I'm a bit depressed/too unmotivated to write more. I'll get back to this ASAP, though :)
In the meantime, though, I do have one piece of exciting news! See, I've been reading though my copy of "The Rough Guide to the Yucatán", and I discovered while reading through it that there are loads of museums to go visit in Merida! :) Or at least there are quite a few, which I wasn't expecting. I want to go visit one or two of them a week until I come back home. Here's a list of the ones I've found:
- Centro Olimpo de Cultura - has an art gallery featuring local artists AND a planetarium in the basement!
- Museo Regional de Antrolopologia (Regional Museum of Archeology) - has both artifacts from Mayan ruins inside but also is a great introduction to the Mayan culture and what it probably was like living in a Mayan city
- Centro de Artes Visuals (Visual Arts Center/Center of Visual Arts) - where the state university displays work from their art programme
- Museo de la Cancion Yucateca (Museum of Yucatean Music) - details the influences the local trovadores (singers in the area; not sure about this term because I've never seen it before) have on their music
- Museo de Arte Popular de Yucatan (Museum of Popular Art of Yucatan) - a display of some of the best of traditional Yucatean crafts, such as jewelry, huipiles (traditional Yucatean dresses) and household items
- Casa Catherwood - a restored home that's now a gallery devoted to the artistic work of the English artist Frederick Catherwood
- Museo de la Ciudad - an informative exhibit about the city's history, starting with anciant Mayan civilization and going through the henequen boom
Isn't that awesome?! :) Now, to get back to working with my pictures on my camera... or writing blog posts or actually going to bed or something.
Oh, and there is a car museum in Merida, but I'm really not interested in going to see that since I know next to nothing about cars.
Hasta la vista, ya'll!
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