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August 17, 2005
Off to Pátzcuaro
After a successful trip to Uruapan, we decided to catch a bus to Pátzcuaro today to see some more of Michoacan. We spent the morning exploring more of downtown Uruapan, walking through the street market, the tianguis.. It's interesting, a good deal of the stands near the plaza have signs declaring the importance of the informal economy to poor families in Mexico. When I asked Armando about it yesterday he said that there is a plan to move these informal shops to another location further from the city center. Obviously many are not happy with this plan.
After lunch we caught the one hour bus to Pázcuaro. I spent the ride with the window wide open just taking in the scenery. Beautiful pines and fresh air. Once in Pátzcuaro we found hotel a couple blocks off the plaza. As soon as we were settled we made our way into the center of town to explore around and get some dinner. While we were at a café it started to absolutely pour rain, the hardest we have seen it come down on the trip. The streets began to flood.
To wait out the rain, we found an internet café and checked our email. Waiting in my inbox was an email saying that the CFA Level 3 results were out. Unfortunately, I failed the test. I was so mad about it I ended up not being able to get to sleep until about 4 in the morning. During my many hours of staring at the ceiling I've decided that I'm going to take it again next year in Cape Town, South Africa . Studying should prove to be difficult while traveling but if I wait another two years to take the test I'm going to lose too much of the material I learned this last year in my many hours of studying. If nothing else it will be a good practice exam, and if I do end up passing it would be great to say that I took and passed the L3 in Africa.
Posted by Peter Mork at August 17, 2005 4:05 PM
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