Bicentenario & Luche Libre

Bicentenario 2010

200th Anniversary of Independence.

We went to the "El Grito" this year in downtown Querétaro.  

Mexicans really know how to throw a fiesta!  

The president was here at the plaza and led us in shouting 

"¡Viva México!" and the national anthem.

There were tons of people everywhere!  But just in case anyone got out of control there was this trusty army guy and his huge gun to make sure things go smoothly.

Becca and I even found Méxican hipsters and got to practice our spanish.  The locals here are very forgiving with our American accents and lack of vocabulary.

      

And then there were fireworks shooting off right above our heads from rooftops.

Momentarily I was scared for my life, however mexicans remained calm.

This is the new cool thing for PC volunteers to do.  Luche Libre every Tuesday night at Arena de Querétaro.  This was the Bicentenario fight, El Blanco (the guy getting his ass handed to him in this picture) ended up winning the trophy this year.