this is just to show you guanajuato

guanajuato

click on this one for a better view. stitch just is not very good for viewing on a screen, but the city is lovely nonetheless.

guanajuato is a designated world heritage site. the views of the city are very important. when satellites came out citizens began putting them on their rooftops, thus marring an otherwise pristine view of the city; they were made to take them down.

cupulas y jardin

IMG_0281, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

another church. this one faces the gardens, the main common area of guanajuato. the trees of the garden can be seen here. they are planted in a sort of triangular formation, and the trees are trimmed and squared. inside the triangle are benches and a gazebo where bands play. the light green building to the right of the church is the theatre (teatro juarez). beginning in the afternoon, the steps of the theatre become populated with people hanging out, oftentimes a performer is putting on shows on the sidewalk facing the theatre.

tarde en guanajuato

IMG_1336, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

this is the view from my friend's house, i am facing towards my house. it is at the top of the most distant hill. every afternoon looked liked this, with the beautiful thick clouds rolling in, later it would rain for a little while. the thunder there was incredible.

anochecer

nights falls on guanajuato. this is the view from my terrace.

iglesia y universidad

IMG_0282, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

the yellow building is the church; the white building with the circles in the parapet and the adjacent gray building are the university.

legoland

the look of this city fascinates me. one of my teachers said that 'in guanajuato neighbors don't live side to side, but top to bottom'.

niveles

i really like this shot because it shows how the levels of the city are constructed, and how the the buildings have
the effect of looking stacked.

mi casa esta muy lejos

okay, so this is hard to explain, but i'll try. if you look at the left side of the picture about halfway up, there is a smallish white dome. now look up to the top of the hill line directly above it, there is a white building. that is my neighbor's house, mine is directly to the right, but it is covered by a tree.

church before storm

church before storm, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

domes

all those domes are churches. every single time a catholic mexican (a little redundant, i know) passes a church, they cross themselves, that's a lot of crossing.

plaza

because i arrived at night, i couldn't see the city. the next morning i walked to school with my roommate. to get to school we walked down tiny alleys that were all under construction, when we got to the center, where the streets were paved with cobblestone, this was the first thing i saw, i cannot remember the name--maybe the plaza del sol.

callejon del beso

IMG_0222, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

alley of the kiss...
there is a legend a tad too long to tell here

the movie set

IMG_0739, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

seeing a barren street in guanajuato was rare... at the moment this picture was taken, the street felt as artificial as it looks

alambrada

this is what all the buildings look like. i just love all the wires in this shot.

buildings over tunnels

buildings over tunnels, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

this is another nice display of how the different levels of the city are constructed, at the bottom you can see a car driving in the tunnel

luz y sombra

IMG_1079, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

these are some of the buildings that are built over and around the tunnels; these were difficult to take because the light is at such extremes; walking in an out out of these shadows was also difficult

more buildings over tunnel entrances, version 1

IMG_1069, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.

more buildings over tunnel entrances, version 2

IMG_1064, originally uploaded by Gretchen O.