Fiestas de Cuenca and the Holstein Fair

Fiestas de Cuenca are quite the to do. The city fills with 100,000 additional people from around the country, and the world, and no one works for an entire week. Artisan markets line the streets and fill the parks and there is no end to the number of festivals you can attend.

Partying is the thing to do, and everyone goes out for multiple nights during the holiday. However, for us, with a two month old little one, the festivities were limited. There were no wild party nights, but there were several dinners with friends.


We visited several of the markets, I think Kesha enjoyed her time in the sunshine!

We went with Ricardo, Alex, Julie, and Josue to the Holstein Fair. It was a lot like what we call a convention. There was a lot of traditional food like hornado, tamales, humitas, and ice cream. They also had lots of locally made honey products, jams, and other preserved goods.

In addition to the food there were fowl, cows, and horses. Kesha got to meet her first horse and I took pictures of some beautiful fowl.

Me and a peacock

 

Kesha and her first horse

One really cool chicken (the little one)

I think these are Guinea Fowl...

All in all it wasn't a typical Fiestas de Cuenca experience, but it was fun and relaxing! I can't wait until next year when Kesh is old enough to go to the different festivals so we can all enjoy the traditional dancing and music of Cuenca as well!