Postcards from abroad
We (and most of the town) watched a very serious and silent procession involving all the churches in Oaxaca. Sue and I were perched rather precariously on a step, from which we were unable to move, but I hope the photos give some sense of the drama and solemnity, even if not always taken well.
We saw the first scene in Mexico City on Monday on the Paseo del la Reforma, the main road in the centre of the city. The other two we saw today in Oaxaca, together with a lot of police officers and other signs of political activity in the main square (the Zócalo).
We thought it appropriate to post some photos from an astonishing church on Good Friday. It is one of the most important in Mexico. Every surface is picked out in gold including the beautiful tree of life at the entrance.
We arrived in Oaxaca on “Good Thursday” after a five hour bus journey to find the city in a mixture of celebratory and somber mood. Half the people were walking in silence to their seven favourite churches (eating all the while) and the other half gazed on street entertainers, listened to live music or watched… Continue reading Oaxaca street scenes
We visited the very modern museum in Puebla - obviously they took their pick of the country’s finds at the same time as the museum in Mexico. Too many wonderful images to put up, but here are a few to entertain you.