BesaMe!

So after the last 'mummy' post we get the cute post. So as you've seen from the earlier pictures of Guanajuato the city is built on canyon walls which makes most of the streets are different levels. In between these are walkways and such. Now one is famous as it is called the Alleyway of the Kiss (Callejon del Beso). OK so I'll tell the story first then say my peace... So this little alleyway has two house next to each other where the balconies are almost touching. Apparently, the story is a poor young silver miner and a wealthy daughter would meet at these balconies and secretly kiss as they had fallen in love. This happen until the Father caught them in the act. So the whole difference of class and wealth hit the fan causing the father to be angery. He told the daughter that if she saw or kissed the young man again he would kill her. Thinking it was her father, she didn't believe him and met the young man the next night where the father up and shot her; and now we all go kiss at this particular street, fun huh!?!?! Sooooooooo... Where do I start. (First off you have to see after the the mummies, Mexican culture is fascinated with tragedy and death.) What father in his right mind threatens the daughter and not the suitor. You get the shot gun and shoot the guy right? Secondly, if her family was so wealthy why can a poor silver miner afford a house next door? Now the kicker, if you kiss while standing on the third step of the alleyway, and kiss with true love, then you'll have 15 years good luck, but if you just kiss without love in your heart its 7 years bad luck. So is this the birthplace of those annoying emails? Why didn't they make it 'If you kiss 15 people here in the next half hour Disneyland will send you a visa and free plane ticket'? Well anywho... here's our 15 years of good luck kiss... (actually we aren't going to put the actual kiss one on, not to pretty...)