Tag: Ruta de la Iglesia
-
Iglesia de Chichimilá
We ventured into the unknown, leaving the familiar terrain we had traveled many times. With only so many hours of daylight and not knowing the conditions of the roads nor the frequency of or where the bothersome topes would pop up, which half seem to be placed in the middle of nowhere with no rhyme […]
-
Route of the Churches
ROADS AND DRIVING As you leave Valladolid, on nicer roads then any in Michigan, the scenery changes, no longer are you in a bustling city but now dense lowland scrub vegetation coats the flat land ahead. The first time my mother came to this part of Mexico she told me she saw why I was so […]
-
Valladolid
The city of Valladolid is a wonderful place, filled with architectural splendors streaked with history. We plodded through almost every Colonia (neighborhood) in town, day and night, without a single reason for concern. Just outside el Centro (center of town) are quaint barrios filled with small homes, plazas, churches, mom and pop storefronts, markets and friendly smiles. We […]
-
Taqueria Viki
We left Valladolid on Valentine’s Day, which they do not celebrate or at least it was not made very public if they did or perhaps it was foreshadowed by Carnival. On our way out on MX295, following the route of the churches, just at the edge of Valladolid we discovered a divine roadside stand, Taqueria Viky. The […]
-
Convent de San Roque, Museo de Valladolid y Parque Los Heroes
The building and where it stands has a long history with the Spanish Catholics in Valladolid. According to the placard an earlier building once sat on these grounds; Hospital del Santo Nombre de Jesus was built in 1575. In 1634, the current building replaced it, Convent of San Roque, with money donated by a priest. […]