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Officially in Zacatecas!
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Early arrival in Zacatecas for a Spanish language immersion, reading the poster in the hotel lobby
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Waiting to enter the mine that made Zacatecas wealthy, I found a mural showing El Eden's impact
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About the mine, El Eden
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Fun tourist shot of us! Carmen, Anthony, Natalie, me, Jessica, and Sharon
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A display showing the advances in mining from the time El Eden opened
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Our teacher, Carmen, in the teleferico
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Now overlooking Zacatecas from the other side, Cerro de la Bufa
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Love the sun and the moon
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Thank you, Carmen!
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Atop Cerro de la Bufa are statues of Pancho Villa and two generals from the Mexican revolution
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Dressing up in revolutionary costumes
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Carmen poses with San Francisco while we wait for our restaurant, Los Dorados, to open for lunch
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Los Dorados is full of history
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Our happy group after lunch
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The Founders' Fountain with evidence of immigrants beyond
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Lane of the Sad Indian
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Graduation is good business for flower sellers in Zacatecas
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We heard her calling for her grandpa all the way down the street
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Apparently the city has mandated signs be painted on the walls -- I love it!
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Same trade but so different from the metal shops in the Middle East
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Another church
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This government office has been doing public education for a while
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Tamales, a popular street breakfast
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I saw these guys the first day and then I couldn't remember where... happy to find them again!
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Today's big excursion is to a vineyard -- you guessed it: Tierra Adentro
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Casks (from Chile, Argentina, and France if I recall right) serve for four years
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Then they become art!
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In homage to wine's more rustic days
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Probably everyone's favorite
