In the Plaza de Armas in the heart of Cuernavaca
Saturday afternoon baloon sellers in the center of Cuernavaca
At the Jardin Borda
Cotton candy seller (sleeping) in the Jardin Borda
Recinto (complex) de la Catedral
Catedral de la Asuncion
Templo de la Tercera Orden de San Francisco, in the Catedral complex
Palacio de Cortes
A part of the old temple that the Spanish destroyed to build Cortes' palace
The view of Cuernavaca from the second floor of the Palacio Cortes
In the Palacio Cortes, a plaque to honor General Morelos for his efforts liberating Mexico
The Diego Rivera mural on the second floor of the Palacio Cortes
It shows the history of the Mexican people and their struggle for freedom
An elote (corn) stand in the Jardin Juarez
Daniel with our elote!
Enjoying elote in the Jardin Juarez in front of the gazebo designed by Gustav Eiffel (of the famous Tower in Paris...)
Our amazing boutique hotel, La Casa Azul
Daniel in front of our room
The hotel had two beautiful courtyards with two swimming pools
Downstairs in one of the courtyards
Daniel reading by the pool
Our room at La Casa Azul was decorated in the style of the city of Olinalá in the Mexican state of Guerrero
Olinalá is famous for its laquered wood work
Daniel relaxing on our couch
And revealing the enormous flat screen TV
Laquer wood work
Laquer gourd
At Las Mananitas, a beautiful hacienda hotel -- the most famous in the country
We had come the night before for dinner, and returned the next day for breakfast!
The hotel has peacocks...
...and Macaws...
who eat corn on the cob!
And they also have othre beautiful exotic birds
A stand selling ices on the side of the road
The ices come in many yummy fruit flavors
Daniel in front of the ruins of Xochicalco
Xochicalco is in beautiful lush countryside in the Cuernavaca valley
In front of one of the Glifos at Xochicalco
At the Plaza de la Estela de los dos Glifos at Xochicalco
Daniel looking out over the valley
The view of one of the Pelota courts...
...where the inhabitants would play this sporting game where you have to get a ball through a hoop without your hands (think basketball, but with soccer rules)
In front of another Pelota court...one other note: the loser of the game also lost his life!
In the Acropolis, where the nobility lived
In front of the Piramide de Quetzalcoatl (Pyramid of the Plumed Serpent)
It is believed that the astronomers met here every year to synchronize their calendars
The detail work on the Pyramid was incredible
View of other parts of the Xochimilco complex from the top of the Piramide de Quetzalcoatl
Daniel standing atop the Piramide de Quetzalcoatl
Inside the Observatorio, where the sun passes through only certain times of the year...
...this provided a way to track the calendar
On the road back to Cuernavaca, many flower sellers lined the highway
On the road between Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan, a watermelon stand on the side of the road...so tempting!
On our way back to Mexico City, we stopped in the tiney town of Tres Marias
...which is famous for the best roadside food stands in central Mexico
We ordered tacos de cecina
...and sopa de hongos (mushroom soup)
Our tacos and quesadillas...yummy!!
