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| View from our hotel room |
On Monday we traveled four hours north to San Luis Potosi where the weather is dramatically cooler. The altitude, not latitude, makes the difference.
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Church of Santa Martha, a local favorite
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| San Francisco Church & Convent |
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| So many churches in such a small center |
It rained the first evening while we ate dinner & when we returned the internet was down & the water barely warm. It’s obvious we are no longer in deluxe San Miguel.
This is however a beautiful colonial center of this town built by silver & gold money in the 16th & 17th centuries.
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| State Theater |
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| Museum across from the Theater |
Waiting in the bus station for a 2 ½ hour ride to Zacatecas we took time to look at our San Luis Potosi pictures and reflect on what we have seen here.
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Cathedral, marble statues replicas of those in St. Peter's Square
The historical center is ‘preciosa’ as we expected. We walked each street in the center snapping photos of colonial buildings, some as old as 500 years.
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| Crest of San Luis |
Our view from the hotel was a direct vista of the main square and cathedral. During the day, pleasant music blared from a protest encampment in front of the state building right outside our window, but by 8 pm, everything was shut down for the night and it was quiet.
We toured a museum where the burros brought carts of ore to be shipped to Spain for processing. The university is located in the center and the various campuses are impressive, beautiful buildings.
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| Nativity in San Luis University's courtyard |
We didn’t meet many people here. One Canadian traveling solo talked our ears off for an hour or so during our strolling. A group of college-aged students from Virginia Tech had driven down to explore the caves nearby, deeper than any found in any in the states. When we live in San Miguel we will take time to explore the wilderness in the state of San Luis, which we have heard is incredible.
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| One Nativity Scene had Mary holding the Baby Jesus, unusual |
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| Life-sized nativity in State Cultural Hall |
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