Centro de Arte Leon

... many churches, saw the ruins, visited the Old Train Station, the Central (y muy sucio!) market, the Parque Ruben Dario, the (free!) Centro de Arte, and the Casa de la Cultura. We have yet to visit the Ruben Dario museum though. The weather here in Leon ...

... swear, it is the easiest way to get around i've ever seen. so the pics posted here are from both casa de cultura and centro de arte fundacion.  the paintings were remarkable (3 original picasso) and they are old colonial homes with beautiful gardens ...

... as they all hid in their books and newspapers :-) Leon has a number of museums, most notably the privately owned Centro de Arte Fundacion Ortiz Gurdian where we got to see their private collection of interesting, eclectic and weird tastes in art, ...

... , right out of the bag. Yum!!!  The afternoon was spent exploring Leon with our guide Roberto.  He showed us the Centro de Arte Fundacion Ortiz Gurdian.  La familia Ortiz Gurdian owns the fabulous hotel we’ll be in for the next two ...