Our final days in Cuernavaca

We've now left Cuernavaca and have moved on to new places. Our last few days there were fun, but it was sad having to say good bye to the many new friends and "family" we made during our six weeks there. Here are a few parting shots from our last few days in the city of eternal spring, Cuernavaca...

This is our last bag of laundry. For a whopping $2.70 at the local lavanderia we had two loads of laundry washed, dried, ironed, folded, and bagged. Pretty good deal, huh?

Here is "camara shy" Valentina (our Mexican sister) and her dog, ET...

Z and I splurged and went to the famous hotel "Las Mananitas" for drinks...

Here's Z with his five dollar fruit drink...

The grounds of Las Mananitas are beautiful and full of free roaming exotic birds...

Here's a shot of the last sunrise I caught on the way to school.

It's hard to see, but the sun is rising above a volcano...

My last day in class...

Our sexy mama cooking our last breakfast...

Z and Adrian eating breakfast together...

Our last night in the bar with some of our classmates...

Z and his German "papa"...who is teaching him a thing or two about beer...

One final parting shot of the Germans...

Z and me...

Our new neighborhood

We moved in with our Mexican family today. So after I got settled in, I took a stroll around our new neighborhood. We're at a higher elevation, so it's a bit cooler than where we were before. Our familia mexicana is very nice, and they live in a spacious house with a swimming pool and a cute little dog. I will post photos later from our new home and family. We'll only be here for a week, but already mama has cooked us a great dish of chili relleno.

Here are a couple shots...

The main street in our neighborhood...

An interesting facade...

Another interesting gate...

And of course, graffiti...where can you escape it?

Right around the corner from our house...

Around our old neighborhood

Our last day in our little casita was today; we've moved in with our familia mexicana for the last week of our stay in Cuernavaca. Here are a few shots of the street we lived on and a few of the places we passed by on a daily basis....

One of the local mom and pop stores...

My favorite house on the block...

Our favorite hamburger joint "La Casa de la Hamburguesa"...

Z's favorite menu item...

The miracle workers in la Casa de la Hamburguesa...

Random images of Cuernavaca

View looking toward the Cathedral from Palace of Cortez...

The Diego Rivera murals in Palace of Cortez...

Colorful street near the Cathedral...

Inner courtyard of the Cathedral...

Indian women selling crafts...

Our Sunday meal...

More photos from Cuernavaca

Here are a few more shots of the sights around Cuernavaca...

Universidad Internacional, where we're studying...

Here's a close-up of the back door of the Cathedral...

View of the Cathedral grounds (Cathedral is behind the trees) from our favorite restaurant Marco Polo...

Cathedral...construction began in 1529...

Statue inside the cathedral...

Cortez Palace, former home of Hernan Cortez...construction started in 1530...

Typical downtown street...

Marco Polo Restaurant...

Our neighborhood church...

Our pool...

Sidewalk outside our compound...