More on Mexico trip

78° with 88% humidity - overcast at 10:40 am as I start this on Thursday.  Phyllis is at the Rec Hall working with the women at Share & Care where they put together quilts to give away to the needy in the area.

   Well, I finally got the Mexico trip photos sorted, edited, deleted, etc., and have them up on four sites.  If you wish to peruse them go to:


https://goo.gl/photos/JZ3fDTwRNmLcFpvh7

https://goo.gl/photos/dGvRkErLibr8xm8A7

https://goo.gl/photos/KWgnziZ8FZp6xp5e6

https://goo.gl/photos/RxRGEBocQZRo4Gf97

On any album left click on any photo and you can then go to full screen with it and then advance through them.  If you want to download any photo to your computer just right click on the photo and then left click on the "save image as" tab in the sub-menu. I just discovered that if you click on the circled exclamation mark at the upper right corner of any photo it gives the description I had put on the photo as well as other info such as date and time photo taken and info on camera ; I am still learning this new Google Photos.  Had always worked with Picasa Photos which Google is discontinuing.  If you have any questions, suggestions, etc., get hold of me.

The National Palace (Palacio Nacional in Spanish) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo).  The following photos are of  Diego Rivera's murals which are extensive and depict history and many aspects of the Mexican culture.

These murals are around the inside walls of this courtyard of the National Palace.

This is a photo of the front

of the National Palace, taken

off the net; I didn't get a good

photo of the outside of the

building.

Juan drove us to the archaeological city of Teotihuacan where the Pyramid to the Sun and the Pyramid to the Moon is located.

This gentleman went to great lengths describing the guava and other plants that many things are derived from.  He showed scraping the leaves to get long threads, and one layer of one plant can even be used as paper!  

This guava plant produces

liquid which, when fermented,

makes Tequila.  Other plants

produce substance which

can make other alcoholic

drinks.  One of them is from

the blossom of the prickly pear

cactus.

At right is the "honey hole" in
the center of the guava plant.
They can dip out the liquid that
forms in this base as it moves down
from the leaves into this natural
bowl when the center is cut out.

Wish I could remember his name--hers is Phyllis.

We spent quite a bit of time in a museum

to the pyramids at Teotihuacan

The Pyramid to the Sun

The other 5 in our tour group

walked to the top.

Patty & Phyllis didn't start; I

went only a quarter of the

way.  

 

This is the pyramid to the

moon, off in the distance.

Patty in front
of Pyramid to the Sun

Phyllis in front of the Pyramid to the Sun

All, in all was a very interesting day.

More later, Lynn