Familia Nevarez live in a quiet, gated neighborhood called Fuentes del Pedregal. Three big office buildings flank the entrance. Our host mama says that every telenovela (Spanish for "little television novel" or better known as SOAP OPERA!), films their office scenes here. And sure enough, when we came back from changing money, we saw big yellow trailers, cameras, actors, and flocks of excited children on the set of Sonadores, a telenovela on every evening at 7pm.

Abeja asked three girls from a nearby elementary school what was going on in the story. Luis, who gave us a scene-by-scene explanation, said that Anna and Gerardo were in a fight. Chica 1 and Chica 2 (Girl 1 and Girl 2), in the boots, short skirts, and heavy makeup, join the fight. (I'll leave the rest up to your imaginations.) During the scenes the actors scream and shout, but between takes itıs all smiles and autograph signing.

Before every take, workers on the set quiet the crowds of onlookers and make sure everything's in place. The director yells, "Listo!", Ready!, counts down: "Tres...dos...uno..." and then rolls the cameras.