Sabbatical Week 3

This week I completed three weeks of Spanish immersion classes, was joined by Erwin, and said a full and prolonged goodbye to Mexico.

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An afternoon discussion class with José Luís (director) and Ellen (a fellow student from Canada).
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With Erwin outside the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Mexico City. Minutes later, inside, we were blessed by Archbishop Carrera. (Erwin got blessed twice for some reason.)
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“Mercy in the Desert” by Manuel Antonio Rodríguez, 1942, in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Surrounded by the more famous murals by Diego Rivera.
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A protest on behalf of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa, disappeared in September 2014 with local Guerrera government complicity. Museo de Anthropología.
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Cafebría Bookstore (Amazing four-floor space in Roma, Mexico City.)
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Capel of Forgiveness in the Cathedral, Mexico City.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in my favorite church in Querétaro, Temple of San Francisco.
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Hill of the Bells, Querétaro, containing a chapel in memory of Emperor Maximillian, who was executed on the spot in 1867. A beautiful place to overlook the city.

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