07-APR-2008
Spanish garden
The Spanish garden which was integral to the home.
07-APR-2008
The school pooch, Coco
Jen at her school with "Coco" the school dog. Saw a bunch of Labs, one Basset, and a Pit Bull or two. The loose dogs are generally friendly. The goofiest looking was a scruffy terrier type, but with Beagle tri-colors.
07-APR-2008
Quiet street...
The street where Jen's school is located.
07-APR-2008
... turns into footpath
Up the street. This is common, that the streets turn to footpaths as they go up a hillside.
07-APR-2008
The revolution is just a T-shirt away
That's "El Pipila" on the skyline, with his arm raised, sparking the War of Independence.
Then there's Don Quijote, on his own crusade.
Then there's me...
08-APR-2008
Duck selling junk food
Just about every block has a small store where snacks and drinks are sold. Here's the sign for one of them. I like ducks.
08-APR-2008
Market food stalls
This is outside the Mercado Hidalgo, the main market place in Guatajuana. This building has about 4 or 5 prepared food stalls (think snack bar) on each of the three levels you see. Just before this, four campisinos came walking up and a woman from each stall began to wave menus and exhort the four guys to come eat at their stand. They picked the closest one.
08-APR-2008
Market
Inside the market. It was not really cranking yet, as the food (ingredient) stalls were active, but only about half the hard goods stalls were open.
08-APR-2008
Need a hot pepper? You've come to the right place.
08-APR-2008
Lean over for a smooch
This narrow street is famously known as the Callejon del Beso ("Alley of the Kiss") where a miner rented a house across the alley from a rich couple's daughter. They were forbidden to meet but if you lean across the balcony you can get a peck from someone on the opposite balcony.
08-APR-2008
No messing with these buildings
The city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Zone in 1988, so there are no traffic lights, neon signs, and you need permission before doing renovations on buildings with this placard.
08-APR-2008
Dang bureaucrats!
This is a "stop work" order slapped on the door to a place that apparently did not get the proper permission before beginning work.