El Centro

Last Thursday we got to go on a tour of El Centro which is the downtown area of Cuernavaca. Our first stop was an amazing old cathedral. It is from the 16th century and was a Franciscan monastery. Although the tour was all in Spanish, it was still very interesting to see.

After the tour of the cathedral we headed downtown to become acquainted with what was there. We found a mall, a McDonald's, a Burger King, several museums and best of all a great market for getting all kinds of souvenirs. We didn't buy anything on this first trip, but we are sure we will return multiple times.

There was also a neat town square with all types of food vendors, including everything from sausage to candy apples covered in chilli powder. There was also live music and dancing.

It was a very lively place on a Thursday evening!

When the tour ended we decided to find a bite to eat before catching the taxi back home. We found a nice restaurant. Vance and I searched the menu to see what Mexican food we could find to try.

These were my yummy quesadillas!

The kids weren't quite so adventurous.

They all went for the cheeseburger and fries!

Maybe they were just wanting a little taste of home.

We all went home very satisfied and eager to return to El Centro for some shopping.