Mariachi dreams come true!

Tonight's event was a welcome dinner held by the Secretary of Social Development and the State Council for Women & Social Welfare. Apparently, formal dinners are very formulaic here. First, we were seated at the most decadently set table I've ever seen.

Then, there were several songs performed. And by several, I mean almost an hour. And THEN, dream of all dreams, an enormous mariachi band came out and performed. And much to my delight, they continued playing throughout the entire 5 course meal. 

The meal was quite interesting. The first course was cheese-filled thingies covered in more cheese and gravy. I'm not one to skimp on cheese, but that was more cheese than you could even shake a stick at. That seemed to be the general theme of the meal. Cheese, gravy, and mariachi music. And tequila. 

3 hours later, I'm finally back in my hotel room, stuffed, and (dare I say it) glad to be away from the mariachi band. Time to hit the sack for another long day of Starkey-ing tomorrow!