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Today's events were a little more low key than yesterday but just as fulfilling. After breakfast and journaling in the morning we left our little casse to our first stop of the day, the Archives of the City of Merida. We saw some old maps and photos and learned a little history about our beautiful host city. After wandering around inside for a while our group walked out onto the archive building's balcony. This offered a great view of Merida and we enjoyed the moment of observation. Pensive, aren't we? Our group stepped in a small office supply type store on our way to the smaller square next to Brent's favorite church (we just keep calling it that... not really sure what it's called). We picked up some pens and charcoal pencils and headed out. At the smaller square we sat under some nice shade and did our first drawings of the day. From there we went to lunch at Le Flore, an old restaurant almost 100 years old. The food was delicious and the employees were great. They even showed Alli, Clay and Brent the huge oven they use to bake bread (It hasn't gone out in five years and takes four days to cool down). After lunch we made our way to the Museum of Merida. It had some great exhibits and very interesting facts about Merida! (Super-duper, gang.) We caught a teeny weeny bus (a van really) to our next destination, Progresso. After a 45 minute drive in our cramped and steamy van, we finaly arrive at the little town of Progresso. The wind was constantly blowing and the sun was constantly shining. Harvey's business group met up with us a little while later and we all enjoyed the cool water and breeze. We ate dinner at a place called Flamingo's which had excellent seafood (and Chinese food...). All in all our day was a great success and made for excellent memories. Our trip just keeps getting better and better... :)

Christina