Our second excursion included two locations. First we went to Grutas de Cacahuamilpa and then onto Taxco.
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa are said to be the largest caverns in the world. We were definitely impressed. The pictures really don't do them justice.
LuLu survived the caverns.
Next stop, Taxco, Ciudad de Plata or City of Silver
It is called the City of Silver because they do a lot of silver mining here. Yes, I did get to leave with a little souvenir.
Taxco was a beautiful city with some really neat buildings.
The church in the center of town was one of those buildings.
A good portion of the interior was painted with gold.
A humorous thing happened while our tour guide was telling us about the history of this church. We were standing at the very front of the church and he looks down the aisle and says, "Oh, we better go. The body is coming." I turned around to see a casket making its way down the aisle. They were starting a funeral while people were still touring.
This painting is of the treasurer of the church when it was first built. It is one of those painting where the eyes seem to follow you no matter where you stand. They wanted the people to know that the treasure was always watching.
We have never seen so many Bugs in one place. The guide explained why...
Because all the streets look like this, very hilly and VERY narrow. It is the only car that they will allow to be a taxi.
A good time was had by all. Elizabeth is now back at NGU studying away and we will continue studying Spanish for another 10 weeks. We will miss her until we get to see her in Honduras in May. Thanks for all they prayers for safe travel!
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