How silent I was in noisy Mexico

A word I have heard once happens in Mexico sometimes happens to me: we don’t know what we want until it disappears. In my case, a year after my husband Bar and I bought a house in Guwanjuado, I began to quietly miss out on the neighborhood noise I was listening: music, barking dogs, crackers and loudspeakers.

The noise is obviously subjective, the same sound environment depending on the same sound environment. Usually, for example, I do not want the sound of traffic, but if I approach the end of a long, tired rise, it is a welcome sign that the end of a car engine is approaching.

I noticed that most of the sounds I objected to do not disturb the people of Mexican, so it is not their job to change, and my job is to change. I loved Mexico and had to find ways to meet the need.

Fortunately, Quanjuado is quiet than many Mexican cities, thanks to its layout. Because it is Built in the valley with steep sidesThis is not the general phase of many Mexican cities. The cars cannot speed up because the streets are short and wind blows. Guwanjuado is also attached AlleywaysSnake narrow pedestrian alleyways up to Panoramika, the road that surrounds the city.

Still, Guwanjuado has a lot of noise. Here are some of the ways I have seen in Mexico.

Wandering with the city’s collagons

I like a Flonius – a French word that means a urban walker – I like to explore Guwanjuado’s snake alleyI may be lost even after knowing the city for 25 years. They look like a Middle East Sook for me with a Catholic twist. Every time I come on the altar, temples, our quadolup’s lady’s lady and occasionally on the church. Occasionally, I hear the music coming out of a home, but usually a quiet, lung -thrust exercise and appreciation for the peculiarity of the city.

Looking for green space and hiking areas

Guwanjuado doesn’t have the green space as much as I want. Its little plaza, Union GardenOvarian The restaurants are packed, two parks in the city are located on the opposite edges of the city, each with a half -hour walk from our home. But a few months ago I realized that I didn’t notice another green space: a dry river in ten minutes.

People do not use it because it is difficult to find its access and its paths are not well established. Nevertheless, this part has become a secret hideout, where I can lie down on moded leaves, and dream of branches and clouds, completely alone; Most urban parks are not an easy task in a country that encourages the audience from lying or stepping on the grass.

As for the walk, one of my favorite features of Guwanjuado is that Bar and I walk out of our front door and get in the mountains within 20 minutes without getting on a car or bus. We are always looking for opportunities for hiking while visiting other parts of Mexico.

Sitting in churches

Unlike the United States, many Mexican churches are open all day. In a different church we sit for 15 or 20 minutes every day and take a quiet, cold and breach of smell. I sometimes sink amidst mistakes in a church and let me write in my magazine, but not checking my phone, which seems to me to be disrespectful.

Get up early and make mistakes in the morning

As In the beginning (Early raisers) know, quiet is not just a place, but time. Naturally I wake up at 4 am, my early mornings are sacred, I am a magazine, reading, puzzles, editing articles, and the time when the birds are listening. Later, if I have mistakes, the previous one is best because the streets are quiet and less crowded.

All these options I enjoy are not available in Mexico everywhere. For example, collagones are rare. On the other hand, many Mexican cities have larger parks and more squares than Guwanjuado because their cities are not limited by geography. When I visit other areas, I am looking for libraries, museums, hotel lobbying and local cultural center Cultural house. I enjoy the situation of hotel lobby especially, and I can sit in the exaggerated chair without seeing people coming.

It’s funny: I am very accustomed to the noise level in Mexico, and when I go back to the United States, it seems strange and quiet. Very quiet. Where is everyone? Where is the guy who sells mime artists, street musicians, tamal? I can be silent whenever I need it now, the usual sounds of Mexican life are no longer bothering me. In fact, they make me happy.