Hi all! I have limited time today, as Sergio and I have just stopped into an internet cafe in Cuernavaca, but I hope to have lots of time to write in the next few days, when we will be parked on the beach in Puerto Escondido with nothing to do!
We went to Tecolotlan, Sergio's hometown, on Monday morning, and spent the day getting the car ready to go for our road trip and visiting with family. We hiked up to his grandfather's ranch and also visited the convent where he had his first communion, and which is now an old folks' home. A nun gave us a tour of the grounds, and we visited with some older ladies, one of whom is about to celebrate her 100th birthday!
Today we left at 5 am for the long drive to Cuernavaca. We are stopping here for one night, and will head out early again for Puerto Escondido in the morning. We found our hostel at about 3, took a quick shower (it was so hot in the car!), had a beautiful lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Palacio Cortes, which is a castle built by the conquistadors atop an Aztec pyramid, and then we visited the Museo Robert Brady. Robert Brady was an American artist who settled in Cuernavaca, and built a fabulous home which is now a museum. It's full of his own art, artifacts from Mexico and all over the world, and the art of other famous artists, including Frida Kahlo, Tamara Lempicka, and Rufino Tamayo. It is absolutely beautiful.
Now we are checking the news and devastated about the California court's decision to uphold Prop 8, but excited about Obama's choice of Sotomayor for the Supreme Court! I read Sergio an article about John Roberts in the New Yorker during our drive this morning, so we have judges on the brain. Tonight we are going to take a brief walk around Cuernavaca, visit the cathedral and the plaza, and then head to bed early so we can get an early start tomorrow!
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