Merida & The Mexican Way Of Life

Arrived in Merida yesterday, the last place we will visit before heading back to Cancun for the weekend and then flying down to Peru on Monday. Merida seems like a wonderful city full of old buildings and we are going to go out and about today.
One of the things I have really noticed about Mexico is the way of life here; In both Valladolid and Merida the central squares of each city have been full of people every night. There are young and old couple, families with little children and groups of friends of all ages that sit around on benches talking to each other for hours. They aren't making lots of noise or getting in each others faces they are just chatting, sharing jokes and everyone seems so happy and relaxed. I'm a little bit jealous because I can't think of many places in England where that would happen every night the weather is nice. The picture on this entry is the central square of Merida which I took this morning. It easily has over 300 places to sit and last night there couldn't have been more than 30 empty seats at any one time!