Spent this morning lounging around the zocalo and then visiting the Cultural Centre adjacent to that main square. The Cultural Centre was once city hall and then it became a private residence (what a house that would be to live in!!), and then it evolved to be a middle school and for about the past 30 years it has been home to the library, a few public offices, and 4 very large murals that depict the history of this city. While at the Centre we learned that Valladolid is actually the place where the revolution began and in honour of that fact and those men who led the movement, one day each year (June 4th I think it was) Valladolid is named as the honorary capital of the state and representatives from all three levels of government come here for the day.
After our time in the cultural centre we cabbed it up to the Convent where we paid 30 pesos each for a wrist band that afforded us entry into the building and onto the grounds. The convent is still active and so there are some parts of the buildings that are off limits to visitors. The site dates back to the 1500's when it was home to a monastery but those buildings have been replaced by the convent that they continue to use today.
The grounds were really beautiful and peaceful and it was interesting to wander through the many hallways and peer into alcoves wondering what all these nooks and crannies were intended for. We never did see any of the nuns but Lynda did find the place where you can ring the bells and at one point when I had made a pit stop in the bathroom...and the bells were ringing....I wondered if she had decided to pull on that rope "just a little". She assured me that it wasn't her but....will I ever really know for sure?! LOL
We spent more time that we had planned at the convent and by the time we were walking back home we were once again in the heat of the day so by the time we hit the corner of Calle 46 and Calle 41A we were ready to get out of the sun and get something to drink. Luck was with us and we stumbled across possibly the best coffee we've had since arriving in the Yucatan. Iced latte was the drink of choice for both of us and that revived us enough to make it back to the hotel and into the pool.
We are now almost the only guests in the hotel so have the pool all to ourselves. I guess it is kind of like living in the Cultural Centre might have been....we have a REALLY big house here! We just don't use very many of the rooms. LOL.
After a quick dip to bring the body temperature back down to where it belongs there was time to lay in the shade and finish off another novel. From there it was a night of work for me. (I have clients scheduled for this afternoon/evening and all day tomorrow) Lynda once again accommodated my need for privacy and confidentiality and vacated the hotel room. Tonight she spent some time in the zocalo, visited the cathedral where she enjoyed some music, purchased our bus tickets for the 20th, and picked up some more water for our room. Tomorrow will be a pretty quiet day with me meeting with clients (yeah Facetime!) and Lynda lounging around the pool so....till next time....
L & L
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