hola buenas tardes amigos bienvenido a la Mexico hoy es Miercoles, hoy estoy
en tlaquepaque tlaquepaque yes i think that's how it's pronounced it's in the
southeast of Guadalajara and you know what today I am feeling quite relaxed
quite chilled what's going on so I'm going to have quite a relaxed vlog style
chatty video today while I show you around this wonderful cute little area
that was my first impression oh it's nice it kind of reminds me of a bit of a
little bit of Puebla a little bit of Sam Angel a little bit of Coyoacan
as well very colorful very quiet peaceful I like it oh my god what's
going on let's go and have a chat somewhere get something to eat maybe
something to drink why nots tlaquepaque is well-known for ceramics pottery
things like that there's a couple of ceramics museums in this town and also
mariachi bands are famous here apparently and I just got to say just
I'm going to stop for a second what is that it's silence peace I think it must
come from being in Mexico City and also Medellin for so long and to be in
somewhere that's relatively quiet and you can actually hear your own thoughts
no that's a bad thing about Mexico City that's what I like about Mexico City but
it makes a nice change as I said in the last video just children what was I
saying about peace even when you're going to little churches like this in
Mexico I love this about Mexico even the small churches are really impressive and
grand things of that which personally I wouldn't naturally think that would be
the case because I think cathedrals would be massive and exquisite things
like that but even the churches are like that as well I was just buying some food
gummy worms top on the list of top things to eat in Mexico obviously not
but I just got to say I know what I said at the beginning of this video was
probably rife with grammatical errors but I don't care because I was just
talking to the guy behind this and I felt really confident for some reason
speaking Spanish I don't know what's happened lately I think a lot of it was
to do with the fact that I was living with my friend Leo in Medellin
and I had to use Spanish every day you know it's still basic terms and things
like that but I don't know eat its gummy worm it's improving and I'm pleased with
that I'm quite happy with my level of Spanish at the moment
considering I've never sat down and actually learn anything it's just a
thought for the day make an effort when it comes to languages which is coming up
in a video very soon where I talk a bit about languages while traveling one
thing I've got to say about these little towns and I've said it before is the
similarity between these places and placing it in Italy like Sorrento Naples
where I've been before my channel the colors the fact that there's ice cream
places everywhere restaurants bars it just has that same relaxed feel it's
really nice down here I really like it it's so quaint quaint is the word right
so this place is over the road behind that white little van there sorry about
that NUESTROS DULCHES I think dulces is
like sweets or cakes or something but also this place apparently stocks over
1,000 different varieties of tequila what I didn't know there was like over
50 varieties of tequila which is one thing I'm learning a lot about on this
two-year journey of mine so far is about alcohol so a bit like in Havana with the
different varieties of Havana Club rum just look at this place behind me it's
immense have you ever seen anything like this
how many tequila's do you want it's on flabbergasted
I am beyond words because TEQUILA the actual town is about an hour and a
half away from Guadalajara of course I'm not gonna get time to go
there on this trip perhaps in the future but this is a good substitute it's the
same look of a particular behind me and a little small like Jose I can't
say his name so is about a hundred and fifty pesos and that's the one I'm used
to in the UK and pretty much when you go to a pub in the UK you have the normal
like gold one and maybe a white tequila like a clear one as well but there's so
many different colours and everything here and as you can see out there
Guinness World Records 1904 varieties of tequila it's insane there's
also things like salsas various varieties from like 80 pesos there's
also like gift packs, tequila gift packs as you can see they're good
Christmas present if you're an alcoholic or just like tequila after a little
cheeky stop in Starbucks sorry I'm addicted banana splits they're amazing
I've the road here is an Artisan market if you're new to Mexico these
artsan markets particularly in like smaller areas of cities like Coyoacan
place like this smaller towns and it's also like locally produced goods I
believe you might think they're souvenirs and stuff but someone once
told me that actually they're things are bought by locals and let's go
have a look it's very pretty oh it's really bright what's happening
so this place behind me it's got lots of wooden items like there's rolling pins
there's children's toys over there so that's an idea of some of the stuff you
get little guitars down there how cute lovely and I love all these um the
Mexican flag bunting that's the worst bunting it's
everywhere so if in case you've forgotten there in Mexico that's a good
reminder so it's quite small down there is a restaurant behind me there's like a
chocolate shop artisan and chocolates mole de Oaxaca chorizo condimente
Oh lovely Mexican chocolate it's a big part of Mexican cuisine in case
you didn't know chocolate is spectacular If you want to check out a chocolate Museum
check out my zona rosa video from Mexico City I'll link it up above
okay I paid it over the road to a place el Parian from what I understand just
like a circular who are maybe square like restaurant area with lots of
different restaurants so I'm getting at some food
and in the middle is like a Bandstand you would call it where mariachi bands
often play I'm hungry there's 16 restaurants and bars it used to be a
market FYI now it's this huge restaurant area well watch my eats I'm excited I'm
at one of the many restaurants and bars guess what I've got her on tequila vino
Tinto in a stella grass classy love a bit of red wine
cheers everyone and I've ordered some quesadillas it's a bit expensive tonight
so I'm just getting it I'm just getting a start it's about 95 pesos for for
quesadillas this is about 70 I believe you from seer a bit pricey but that's
where you expect at this sort place nice bit of red wine on a Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock
right the foods just came forget that I said it's pricey but girls look at this
oMG to the max look at the size of this I've got four quesadillas full of cheese
I got em is that frijoles I think so oh my god with guacamole and salad I
don't eat salad so I will be leaving that and I've got salsa and I've got
wine happy days in tlaquepaque right let's put a bit of salsa on it I think
oh my actual God look at that Oh heaven and of course when in Mexico
eat everything in your hands oh look at that
yeah too much salsa oh my head's going to be blown off but
phenomenal spectacular
beautiful I'm so glad I got this this is stupendous oh my god the the frijoles
Fantastico perfecto
I believe this all day this has to be the best thing I've been imaged I'm not
even joking I'm not exaggerating this is ultimate such a pig
but do I care no right that place was phenomenal I'm not even exaggerating
phenomena with my new words I think I've said it about three times in this video
up there you've got the fever make of decorations from Independence Day El
grito and in that place the service was stupendous I know it's their job to be
good in terms of customer service except they were very patient with me when I
was attempting to order in Spanish we got there in the end and then one other
thing a lot to say is that many youtubers okay a quiet disingenuous
about places people you know they make her everywhere is now amazing that sort
of thing but this look at my face it's genuine emotion and good feeling
for this place I honestly cannot understand why people are so negative
about Mexico there's been a couple of comments and videos lately they're just
flabbergast me in terms of the ignorance you know come here first I'm telling you
now I'm being direct and then make up your mind yeah you might not like it you
might have bad experiences but I tell you in the months that I've been here
this year how many bad experience have I had zero except maybe Oaxaca but that
was more me than the actual location I think yeah so while the emotion is fresh
I thought I would capture this opinion of tlaquepaque I absolutely love it this
is proper Mexico its immense
so this video literally just scratches the surface of TLAQUEPAQUE that's
the sense I'm getting I really wish I could stay here longer and you know what
I'm thinking you're doing checking Airbnb to see if it's in within my price
range I would totally live here but a long
time I'm being serious this isn't just initial reaction this is also this place
so well I hope you've enjoyed having a look around
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be loads thanks for watching I'll catch you later