Gage and Leif on the bus to Guadalajara. |
A shot of a cemetary as we went by it. |
A church we went by. |
The front of the church. |
Fields of blue agave, the plant from which tequila is made. |
More blue agave. This was growing all over the place once we got up in the hills going to Guadalajara. |
Looking down into a valley on the way to Guadalajara. |
Close up of blue agave. |
The cathedral in a town we went by. |
Driving down an alley on the way from the bus station to the hotel in Guadalajara. |
Gage at the Hotel Roma. |
These are Roma's sheets. |
View from the roof of the Hotel Roma. Their restaurant was on the top floor, and we had breakfast there. |
Looking a different direction (toward the cathedral) from the Hotel Roma rooftop. |
Calle Jaurez on Sunday. This was the big main street right in front of Hotel Roma. They street closed down to motor traffic on Sundays from 0800 - 1400 for pedestrian and bike traffic. |
The boys at the covered market in Guadalajara. They had almost everything available at this place. |
Birds at the market. The boys begged to take one home for a pet. |
Gage really wanted this duckling. I had to say no about a hundred times. |
A fruit and drink stand. Most of the spots you see on the watermelon are actually flies. |
Looking down into a food court at the market from the second floor. |
A meat stand in the market. |
Leif and Gage in the meat section of the market. Note how clean and dry the floors are. |
Beef hearts. Just about every part of the animal was available here. |
Pig feet and pig skin. |
Pig heads among sausages. |
An old cool-looking building on our walk from the market back down the street. |
A horse and carriage available for hire in town. |
A traditional Huichol Indian performing on a walkway. |
A plaza up from the market. There were kids playing in the fountains. We next took a right and headed down to the museum. |
Looking right down at the museum. The museum is the building in the far rear. There is a large courtyard in front of it with sculptures and pictures. |
The Swensons sitting on one of the sculptures in the courtyard outside the museum. |
Sitting on another sculpture. |
The boys chasing pigeons. |
