Pipila!

It has been a couple of days since I have written because we have been very busy!

On Thursday we had a bit of an adventure because we wanted to go to Valenciana. I was told that Valenciana was the best place to get silver jewelry because it is right near the mines. So even though it was a bit of a distance we decided to walk. But first things first...

Between classes Jim and I decided to visit Pipila -- the statue of which you see in the picture here. Pipila is a hero in Guanajuato and helped to burn down the doors of the hideout for the Spanish invaders and to help further the fight for Mexico´s independence. The statue you see here is at the top of a very tall hill which we climbed, smelled the delicious food, had to come back down for class, and then hiked back up to again. In some of the photos in the post below you can see pictures of views we took from the Pipila outlook. The second time up that day we decided to have some delicious tacos from street vendors and also some drink that included chilies and some other lovely ingredients with which I was not familiar.

Then we decided to walk to Valenciana. But little did we know that we would spend much of our walk on the side of a highway. We stopped several times and asked -- Are we going the correct way??? --- to which the answer was always, --Si, mas arriba... So we walked and walked for about 4 miles. Oy vey. But we finally made it, found some lovely silver and then rode the bus back down. The adventure continues but my computer time is up. Nos vemos!