RVing in Mexico with Raymondo y Marsia - 1012

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March 17th 2012

Published: March 17th 2012

Hoy, Jueves, (today, Thursday), we caught the bus to Queretaro (pronounced keh-REH-tah-roh) for the day. It is nice when Ray can enjoy the scenery too. Mexican buses are clean, comfortable, efficient, cheap and have on-board bathrooms. (I can’t vouch for them.) We loved Queretaro. It is a big city with just under a million residents but all of the attractions are within walking distance of “e... Read Full Entry

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These three photos are just some pretty buildings.

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The six mile long El Acueducto.

With 74 arches the highest 75 feet, it was constructed by the Spaniards in 1735 and still supplies the city’s water.

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Convento de la Santa Cruz.

The convento was built where the Spaniards defeated the Chichimeca Indians in 1531. California’s first mission priests were trained at Convento de la Santa Cruz. You can sure see where bay area cities get their names. Seems like a lot of them are named after churches in Queretaro.

Interior of Convento de la Santa Cruz.

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Statue of Father Junipero Serra.

It stands in front of Convento de la Santa Cruz. Here, is the first place where priests were trained before establishing missions in California.

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Fray de Jesus, standing near Father Serra.

Hopefully, somebody can translate these plaques.

Inglesia de San Francisco.

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Tile dome on Inglesia de San Francisco.

Tiles were brought from Spain in 1540. Church was built in 1545.

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I wish every church would have these plaques in front.

Queretaro is the only city where this has been done. What makes organizing photos doubly difficult for our blog is that for some reason photos do not upload in order.

This iconic image of Nuestra Senora de Gualalupe dates to 9 Dec 1531.

She appeared to a recently converted Aztec peasant Juan Diego and requested he build a church on the site of their meeting near what is now Mexico City.

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29th August 2012

Carol
non-member comment

quinceanera dresses
hi, I was just in Queretaro a month ago and I saw these beautiful dresses in this same shop. I didn't write down the name of the shop. Do you by any chance have the name or address of this place?

12th October 2012

LunaSea
Marcia Covert

Quinceanera Dresses
Hi Carol, Actually those photos were taken of window displays in several shops along one street. I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of the street but I think you could google quinceanera dresses Queretaro and get some good results. We live in San Jose. There are shops here selling similiar gowns.

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