First full day here, so off to El Centro (downtown) we go in a little van sized bus.

It is a long way to the center of town and I have no idea where we are going as we twist and turn down the streets.....holding on as we careen around cars, at times at breakneck speeds considering the little, curving streets and traffic.

In El Centro there seems to be less traffic and wider streets

A political protest is going on and the police with their riot gear and shields are ready just in case...

We walk throug a marketplace and several zocalos before we arrive at the Palacio de Cortes, a museum where there is a Diego Rivera mural.

Parts of the mural

Then on to three churches that surround one courtyard

Wandering the streets and lunch

After delicious food in a small restaurant, we go to the Brady Museum.  It is a converted 16th century convent that the American Robert Brady converted to his home.  Upon his death the home became a museum housing his collections of 1300 works from around the world.  

The grounds.....two patios

The kitchen

And the tiled bathrooms were amazing, as were the sitting rooms and bedrooms!  And in every room there were art works from everywhere.  

Before catching a bus home we went to the Borda Gardens where we meandered around terraces of gardens and artisans.  And we came across these dragons at the far end of a rowing pond.

Goodbye to the gardens

And back home....Susana under the Jacaranda tree in front of our place