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St Clara del Cobre
Chociaz deszcz padala straszliwie udal nam sie dojechac do tego urokliwego miasteczka gdzie wyrabiaja rzeczy z miedzi. Poszlismy do zakladu miedi i naocznie mielismy czasne zobaczyc jak tlucze sie michy z miedzi. NIe sadzilam ze to tyle roboty. Ale bylo przyjemnie. Potem ciastko i herbata i sio na autobus powrotny do ...
Artesanias Along Lago Patzcuaro
... months become like friends to him and it is hard to let them go. I also loved how messy and lived in his workshop was. It did not feel so much disorderly as it did...creative. Before leaving, he showed us one of his funky creations- fish boy. Fish Boy (Nino Pez) stays in a cage because he has wings and might fly away if not contained. Totally awesome!! (Roberto was my favorite artist we met yesterday. Hands down.)
After talking for some time with Roberto, his ...
Pátzcuaro Magical Town
... marching band music and sprang out of our Casita to see what it was. A truck followed by rows of girls and guys in traditional clothing were parading by. The brass and drum band followed from the rear. We followed the procession to Plaza Chica where they congregated and did a few more numbers and danced. We took lots pictures and videos. Eventually, they passed the hat, and the band started the tune again and disappeared into ...
SMELLY SANDALS AND THE PINK CITY
... neatly groomed along with the grass and all the hotels and shops have identical canopies and there is not one ugly 60’s building in sight. The buildings have a warm pink tone and beside the square is a pink cathedral with twin towers over 200 feet high.
We had lunch outside at a grand hotel opposite the square and then explored the Palacio de Gobierno which had some large historic murals and then into the cathedral, ...
Saddle sore but happy!
... us two options for climbing and we chose the easiest, although everything is very relative! Initially we had to climb up and down over large volcanic rocks, until we reached a smaller volcano, complete with steam coming out of cracks in the rocks. Then we had to climb over small loose stones almost straight up. Because we were at an altitude of more than 3000 meters (9900 feet) the air was pretty thin - or at least that was my excuse for being ...