A blog following my summer in Oaxaca, Mexico through the Rutgers study abroad program.

Friday, June 20, 2014

After weaving, we headed over to a store that sold mezcal, a local alcohol. Here, we learned about the process:

You start with the heart of the maguey plant.

There are different types of it - here are two examples they had at the distillery.

A bunch of them are cooked...

...then crushed by a horse pulled wheel.
Next, you place the crushed plant into a vat...
...where it is allowed to ferment.

You collect the alcohol here.
And ta-dah!

There were many flavors and sizes to choose from, and a lot of the other students bought them as gifts.

There are even some with worms in them!

We also went to see a baseball game. This was my first game, and lucky for me it was free for women! The guys in black are part of the home team, the Guerreros.

At the start, the stadium was mostly empty, but started to fill up as it got later.

Cheerleaders? Definitely not the type in the US, but nonetheless there to rile up the fans.

And who could forget the mascot!






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