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Out for lunch during Valerie's New Year's visit
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An albino peacock welcomes us to Las Mananitas in Cuernavaca.
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The parrots were more talkative.
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We begin our exploration of Cuernavaca by admiring the tiny pineapples.
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The plaque says the balcony was made famous by Malcolm Lowry's novel, "Under the Volcano."
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Pinatas in churches, a new combination for me.
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Entering the Borda Gardens which adjoin the church and were once the estate of mining magnate Jose Borda
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The Borda estate was used as a summer residence by Emperor Maximillian and Carlota.
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Today the estate is an exhibit center.
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Clearly, it was once a beautiful place.
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A pretty spot in a mostly neglected garden
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Chatting
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Oddly, despite having other brochures, they had only one about the gardens, and it was laminated and attached to the counter.
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Borda garden brochure continued
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Reproduction of Juan O'Gorman's 1970 painting critiquing President Porfirio Diaz in CDMX's history museum in the castle
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For me, the most interesting exhibit was about Diego Rivera
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His mother was one of Mexico's first obstetricians.
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The pig face is quite convincing.
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His wife made him a stone idol soup to protest his excessive collecting.
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Facts about Rivera: he lost his twin brother in childhood, sketched as he wandered around Mexico City, and was called an "elephant who married a dove."
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He entered the art academy when he was only 13.
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The creative exhibit allowed visitors to become part of a famous Rivera painting.
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You can even dress appropriately!
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park is one of Rivera's best known murals
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Crossing from the Borda Garden to the cathedral
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We noted that the cathedral interior mixed old and modern successfully.
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A most charming chase scene
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Reflection
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The courtyard between the cathedral, its chapels, and the street
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Alexander Humboldt was here
