Day 45

Today started off with the kids making us breakfast. Imagine what a 9, 8, 7, and 4 year old would make for breakfast,… I’ll wait.

… You nailed it. Whatever you guessed, it’s probably spot on. We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and toast with cashews, with melted cheese on crackers. And to wash it all down, an Oreo milkshake.

After breakfast it took us three hours to clean everything up and get the kids dressed. Then we went to get haircuts but the salon only had us make appointments for the next week. So with the afternoon free we went to a hacienda to take a tour. San Gabriel de Barrera. Get ready, there is going to be a ton of photos.

A sitting room where people go to talk after dinner. The men would sit at the table, the women are relegated to the bench.

The business office, it’s connected to the priests quarters, this made sure th at the business paid a tenth to Rome.

A pool that was drained in the 1960s when the owner of the property’s grandson drowned in it.

My favorite part of the tour was the hacienda owners private altar. It is covered in gold leaf, gold purchased in Europe traced back to the time of the crusades.

After we were done touring the home, we set off to tour the various gardens attached to the estate. This estate was originally built in 1650, the city is riddled with gold and silver mines in the nearby hillside. The mining company would collect pay dirt and then that dirt would be transported to the estate where indentured servants would process the gold and silver and melt it into bars.