Race is into climbing now, anything that he can scale, or thinks he can scale, he's on it!! With a bit of help from Dad, he climbed up the side of this Gazebo in the middle of Santa Clara square (zocalo). Man, you gotta keep an eye on him!
Here is a photo of the church in the background, with a man taking a siesta in the shade of some azaleas.
Shot of the streets of Santa Clara and their copper wares.
Race in a HUGE copper batch tub. You can't really tell by the photo, but all three of us could fit in this thing! The cost, $12,000 pesos (a little less than $1200 USD). Very cheap!!! We priced then on the web between $5000 -$10,000 USD. Now the trick is getting it home!
Race playing in a large copper cauldron, also about $12,000 pesos. And they really use them to cook! In the background is a place where they do demonstrations of the hammering and molding the copper. There were 6 guys around a piece of metal, all with large hammers, taking turns consecutively hammering the copper. Perfectly orchestrated. Wow, they have done that a few times!
More huge solid copper pots. These are amazing! Some are bigger and taller than us!
Everything is made of copper here, including doors. Very neat!
One of the copper pots we all could fit in!
Here is a view of the town square (zocalo) lined with beautiful purple flowered trees (I have yet to discover what they are). The zocalo is surrounded on all sides by stores and restaurants. And each day was sunny and gorgeous! We really enjoyed ourselves. Disfrutabamos mucho!
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