Hola de Mexico

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Hola familia and amigos,
I sent my friends shopping and I am going to try once again to load some photos from Cuernavaca. Yesterday we traveled 70 miles south of Cuernavaca to Buena Vista de Cuella, a pueblo of about 15,000 people. (much smaller than Cuernavaca) They are know for their leather goods and dairy products. We visited a leather shop where the hermano showed us how he prepared and worked the leather. He gave us a chance to try our hand at his craft. The ride through the country was beautiful, green rolling hills, farmland and small communities. Today we visited an elementary school. The one word that would describe it was chaos. In fairness, they are preparing for their end of the year program on Friday but in the classes we visited very few students were on task. The classes each had about 40 students - that is a lot of kids in an elementary school class! Especially when the majority of them are flying paper airplanes, rolling on the floor, talking in groups, leaving the class..... It made Del Sol look like a cake walk. Tomorrow we will visit Taxco, a community known for its silver. Hope this finds you all well - will try now to load some pictures. Hasta Luega - Patty

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