We traveled all day to Guadalajara and, after taking a bus and badly sign-posted Metro, we arrived at our bare-bones hotel. For some reason they gave us a room with three double beds in it - maybe Kevin and I looked like we didn't like each other very much. We showered and went to find some food and see the sites. Guadalajara is the second biggest city in a Mexico and has been described as "chilled Mexico City." After visiting smaller quaint places over the past few days, Guadalajara did feel busier, but certainly not as hectic as Mexico City. As with many of the other places we visited, Guadalajara also had a little plaza with lovely trees and flowers and people were milling around enjoy the afternoon sun. We found a taco place and filled ourselves up - now a little more able to understand the menu thanks to our food tour. We then found a large indoor market that was closing up for the day. Kevin managed to score himself a giant Torta with pork and cheese and lots of sauce. We found a bench and did some people watching while we ate. We decided to try and make our way to the town of Telquila the following day. It would involve a a metro, a local bus and then a bigger bus. We didn't want to do one of the tours that we pre advertised all over the place. Reading some reviews online, it seemed like you were herded around from place to place and sort of forced to eat at the prescribed restaurant and shop of the prescribed gift store. No thanks, not for us. We woke up early on Thursday, 9 July and did a quick visit to Palacio Gobierno (Government Palace) to see the famous murals, and then a market to buy a Mexican blanket I had my eye on. Around 11:00 we made our way to Tequila. The journey took longer than expected due to a car accident ahead of us on the highway. We passed many blue agave bushes as we got closer to the town and then we finally arrived! We hopped off the bus and walked in the direction of the plaza. Walking down the road there were so many shops selling so many kinds of Tequila. We walked past a little museum and decided to check it out. It was very informative, explaining the history of the area, how the agave was processed to make Tequila, and then how it is classified and sold today. After that we decided to do a factory tour. We had just missed the start of the English tour at Jose Cuervo so they suggested we try Sauza around the corner. We were met by the most delightful lady who sat with us and did a tasting. We talked us through the different classifications of Tequila depending on it's age. It felt much like a wine tasting at a fancy farm back home. Sauza is really making an effort to reeducate people about Tequila. It doesn't have to be a cheap and nasty alcohol that you drink as a shot but rather one that you sip and savour and appreciate the different flavours. After that we were taken on a private factory tour which was equally interesting. We left with a bottle of Tequila that we liked the most (at half the price we would find it anywhere else in the country) and headed back to the bus station. We were a bit early for the bus so we found a taco stand and got some food, while we were eating the lady who had taken us on the factory tour arrived. She had finished work for the day and way picking up some takeaways for dinner. She explained to us that we had picked the best taco stand in the whole of Tequila. High five to us! We got home, showered and went and sat on a bench in the plaza. Our time in in Guadalajara was short and sweet, but good!