The Tree

When there is a dead tree, Michel is going to cut it down.  

Even if all he has is a itsy, bitsy saw.

But that was easy compare to this!

So many roots!

Eureka!
Jonny is helping getting it out.

Pew, finally!

Happy!

Sunday. Oh, What a Busy Day, Part 2

On the way back from the Market we stop at the Cathedral of Tlalnepanta.

Another door,  hey where is Daddy?  Well I am sure he did have a closer look at it.  

The famous towers of Naucalpan

After our return we were invited to a Kermes at the Basilica Nuestra Senora de los Remedios.  The Basilica we tour on our first day.

St Michael watches over us.

It was a very popular event.

A very big event.

Fun for everyone.

I went inside a small shrine to Our Lady of Remedy.

The ceiling

As you can tell I really liked it.

For Mass the Basilica was too full so we went to an outdoor chapel.

We were astonished and honored to be chosen to bring the gifts to the altar.  The lady with the long hair asked us before Mass started.  I guess she liked our foreign look.

After Mass we had lunch at this restaurant.  Yes, lunch!  I told you it was a busy day.

We were well entertained.

Even by the signs.  What to do in case of an earthquake!!!

The priest is blessing the bus with holy water, before their trip back.  I had never seen that before.  He also blessed the people. 

We came back mid-afternoon and rested a bit before the usual late dinner.

Sunday. Oh, Want a Busy Day! Part 1

We were told to be ready by 6:30 am.  Yep, that's when they leave for the weekly market day!  This was and still is (we had our third trip to the Market today) by far the most impressive experience.  So to market, to market to buy.... a whole lot of things, but no fat pigs.  However chicken...oh, yes.

But let us get started.  Follow me on this wild ride.  Indeed, it was a wild ride through this immense metropolitan that seem to never end, but must since we could see the faint shapes of mountains all around.

A nice shrine at the entrance

It's really hard to park.

Matthias watch carefully.

Puss and Boots!

Maybe he was looking for this fish.

My breakfast, a blue corn tortilla with chicken, black cinnamon coffee, very sweetened.

She is making the tortillas.  Notice the bucket with the mud on her right...

It's the blue corn dough use for the tortilla!

Behind the peppers are mushrooms.

Quique is holding the week's tomato purchase.  Red tomatoes and green tomatoes for salsa. 

Guacamole 

Limes!  They love limes.

But hey, that's not even $2 each!

This hunk of cheese was about $12.  And it is delicious!

Our First Saturday

Saturday we walk to the nearby Mall.  Walking here is always perilous.  First, the sidewalks.  You better watch your steps!

I tell you!

We call it, Mon Mont Trottoir (My Mount Sidewalk)

We went by yesterday and the hole is twice as big.

But you better watch out a lot more when you go across a street!  I might be a girl from Montreal, and Michel often finds me a little too brave when I go across streets in Wilson, but here, not so.  I tremble as I hold on to Michel's arm and rush across streets.  Traffic is coming fast from three or four different directions, and no one will slow down for pedestrians.  By the way, when Father Paul picked us up from the airport we were amazed at his ability to maneuver through the heavy traffic.   I had never seen anything like this before.  Michel could not imagine being the driver.  

The Mall is huge, and fancy.  It feels like another world.

There is a very nice knitting store called Crochet.  

Daddy is standing on a palisade near Cafe Cielito, the Mexican version of Starbucks.  He is looking at the Church of Our Lady of Grace, where we went for our Sunday Masses obligation.  Actually we attended Mass on Saturday evenings.

And yest we had to go across.

The view from the top

Inside the Church

A bit dark, but I wanted to show you how high the ceiling is