Callejoneada

We went on a callejoneada as a group tonight! It was not what I had expected though. The groups that conduct the callejoneadas are the estudiantinas (if you don't remember what an estudiantina is, check this entry. Anyways, I'm used to seeing the estudiantinas that pass by our house and sing right outside of Callejon del Beso. The estudiantina that conducted our callejoneada was completely different! They didn't go the route that I had expected them to, and they didn't even sing or tell the legend of Callejon del Beso at the Callejon del Beso. That was disappointing!

Well, even though I was somewhat disappointed, I still had a great time. We walked through the callejones of Guanajuato and stopped to listen to songs in the different callejones and plazas. They sang the whole time, told jokes, and more! The estudiantina definitely wasn't one of my favorite groups, but they did sing one of my favorite songs: "Besame Mucho." They actually serenaded the women with this song, so I loved it!

Here is a picture of the...well, I'm not sure what to call them, but the containers with special drinks inside. We were supposed to wait until the end of the callejoneada to drink the entire thing during the toast and then after that keep it as a souvenir:



Here are some pictures of the estudiantina:





This is the boy who told the legend of the Callejon del Beso:



After the callejoneada was over, we decided to go to a restaurant in the Plaza de San Fernando to get dessert. I bought strawberry cheesecake and thoroughly enjoyed it!!! Cheesecake is my favorite dessert, so it's definitely a weakness of mine, and I have to admit that this was some of the best cheesecake I've had. It's up there with the cheesecake factory. Ha.