I'm happy to report that all students were in class today! Everyone was talkative and ready for the day ahead. After class we walked over to the Santa Cruz Convent. It's really old! Let me quote what my tourist map says about it:
The Spanish conquest of the city ended here on July 25, 1531, where this magnificent convent was later built. During the battle between the Spaniards and the local indigenous people, a vision of a cross in the sky appeared to all. With both sides in awe, the battle ended abruptly. A replica of that cross, carved in stone, is suspended above the main altar of the church. Coincidentally, thorns in the perfect shape of a cross grow on an extremely rare ancient tree found in the garden of the convent.
They sell the large, cross-shaped thorns all over Queretaro to help support the convent, which now serves as a functioning seminary school. (Yes, I bought one, and yes, it has stabbed me more than once.)
After a brief tour we went back to the school to check emails and facebooks and then we went to a nearby market to look for a little gift for Lulu. The rest of the afternoon was free time!
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