For our photo walk this week, we explored Roma Sur which, unlike hipster Roma Norte, is a more traditional neighborhood which has been put on the radar by the movie Roma. We saw the house where they filmed many of the scenes, got invited into lots of small shops and places, visited Huerto Roma Verde and Mercado Medellin, and photographed the street art.Our first stop was a hole-in-the wall tortillería run by a friendly family who invited us to squeeze into their tiny space to take photos and gave us tastes of warm freshly-made tortillas. We stopped off here at the end of the walk to buy some of the amazing corn tortillas to take home.From there, we popped into Huerto Roma Verde, a peaceful urban garden and community centre aimed at promoting sustainable activities. Surrounded by all that greenery, we didn't feel like we were in the middle of a busy chaotic city. Not far from there was the house where Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican film producer, grew up and one of the main filming locations for his movie Roma.Roma Sur is full of streets lined with small shops, businesses and tradesmen who were more than happy to have us take photos and were rather chuffed to be the centre of attention of a group of international girls. We also had time for a coffee in a small Mexican place called Metate.Our last main stop on the walk was Mercado Medellin, well known for its South American food products brought from Colombia, Venezuela and Peru and a great place for wandering around with a camera. The butchers all enjoyed us taking photos of them at work and we had some of Eugenio's delicious Cuban ice-cream.At the end of the walk, we all agreed that what made it so enjoyable were the friendly people we met along the way and who gave us a glimpse into their daily lives.
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