Thanksgiving is Just Another Day Here

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Hi guys,
Well here I am in Mexico for Thanksgiving with Dad, taking lots of pictures, and I thought I would share them with you (plus I get to color in another country on my "Places I've blogged from" map). I flew from Philadelphia to Houston, where I met Dad for our flight to Guadalajara. We got to the hotel, which is cute as can be, at about 9:15 p.m. and settled in. The next day Leno, our guide in Guadalajara for many years now, picked us up at 7:30 a.m. to drive three and a half hours into Michoacan, a state neigboring Jalisco (which is where Guadalajara is) to its capital of Morelia.

Morelia is a fantastic colonial city with great plazas, amazing churches, and a great atmosphere. We kind of pottered around Morelia for a bit (Dad did some shopping) before heading out to a dusty little town that is famous for Catrinas, or Day of the Dead dolls. Dad and I each picked up a couple (hey, when an 18 inch tall piece of artwork is only $25, you take the opportunity). One nice thing about Mexico (and in particular, travelling with Leno) is that you often get to meet the artist of the peice you're buying. Dad and I got to go back into the workshop for where the dolls were made, and saw them being sculpted, painted, and fired. It was really neat.

We then moved on to this cute little town call Patzuco (I think that's how you spell it) where we had dinner at a restaurant with really really good salsa verde, and then wandered around the little shops and colonial style buildings for an hour or two. We finally returned to Tlaquepaque at 10:30 p.m. and plopped into bed. we had a suite the first night, but they moved us, so now I'm sleeping on a slightly dodgy air mattress on the floor. The mattress itself is fine, but it's twice as thick as a normal mattress, so it's a little unwieldy and I'm afraid it's going to tip over or I'm going to fall off every time I move. On the bright side, this room has a really fantastic bath tub, so I guess you take what you can get😊

Today we went to Tequila, but more on that in a separate entry.

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Photos

La Virgen Church
One of the many seemly endless churches in Morelia

The Altar Inside
A completely gold leaf Altar dedicated to La Virgen de Guadalupe

The Dome of the Church
This was taken inside the courtyard of a world renouned music conservatory which has an international music festival every year.

Inside the Conservatory
I liked the tree.

More Church
From the Conservatory.

Copper Pots
Michoacan is famous for its copper, and this was just one of the many examples we found.

The Main Cathedral
This is the main church in Morelia, and next to it is a bustling plaza with fantastic people watching.

Bell tower
This is one of the bell towers on the main cathedral.

Inside the house of a Revolutionary
This is the house of Morelos, one of the priests who stood with Hidalgo during Mexico's independence, and the person after whom Morelia is named.

The dome of yet another church
Morelia is full of them

The Main Drag in Morelia
Such a cute street with such nice buildings.

Comments

[Dad]

It's so amazing
Gosh, your discriptions are so good and pictures so clear, it almost feels like I was there with you. Oh wait ....