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Mexico
2008 Public Squares and Spaces |
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| Guadalajara |
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Guadalajara has many plazas and public squares, many with fountains or sculptures. It is a very walking-friendly and family-friendly city, including in the evenings, when many familes would be out to stroll around. |
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The buildlings here are obviously modern, but the fountain is really nice. At night there is music playing. |
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The same fountain from another view. |
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Public sculpture at sunset. |
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The downtown was lit up for Christmas, with lights all over the place. |
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The sign says Feliz Navidad y Año Nuevo. Merry Christmas and New Year. Around New Year's I heard people saying simply "Feliz Año." |
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Fountain + Sun = Rainbow. |
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The kids, of course, dare each other, and themselves, to get as close as possible. Luckily, even in December in southern Mexico it is warm enough not to mind a few splashes. |
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The fountains at night. |
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This is in Tonalá, a suburb of Guadalajara. This man was selling some interesting toys. As with many things in Mexico, the bright colors really stand out. |
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This is the main square of Tlaquepaque, another suburb south of the city. |
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Another view of Tlaquepaque. |
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The main square again of Tlaquepaque. The two women on the left are wearing native dress. I don't know if they always dress like that, or it is for the benefit of tourists. By the way, most of the tourists I saw, probably 95%, were Mexicans visiting their own country, not people from the United States, Canada, or Europe. |
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Nighttime at the fountains brings out the romance. |
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| Guanajuato |
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Amid the winding streets of Guanajuato are many of these little squares, called plazuelas in Spanish. |
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Underneath the trees in the Jardin de la Union. |
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Another square in Guanajuato. |
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This is looking out from inside the Cervantes Museum. Guanajuato has some connection with Miguel de Cervantes. The city hosts an annual music festival known as the Cervantino Festival, one of their biggest events of the year. |
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The Jardin de le Union. |
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