Guanajuato!

Yesterday we went to Guanajuato with all of our group. This is such a beautiful city! It reminded me a lot of something you would see in Europe. The city has no stop lights, but traffic wasn't too bad! There are underground tunnels and it's just really interesting. Lots of hills as well. There are a ton of mines in this area; we visited one and hiked underground. This was really interesting because we are learning about the Mexican Revolution in class, and the mine workers were forced to work long hours and under really harsh conditions. Eventually they revolted which was part of the revolution. 

A beautiful church.

Mummies! We went to a museum with a ton of mummies; they even had baby mummies, it was kind of disturbing. I don't remember exactly but these mummies were embalmed naturally because of something in the water they drank in this town.

If you see the stick to the right of the Hidalgo sign, this is where Hidalgos head was displayed after being beheaded. "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Ignacio Allende, José Mariano Jiménez and Juan Aldama were tried for treason, executed by firing squad and beheaded during the Mexican independence in 1811. Their heads were on display on the four corners of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, in Guanajuato." (thank you wikipedia)

We visited the house of artist David Rivera, which is now a museum with some rooms on display, as well as his artwork.