<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 68);" link="#ffff66" alink="#ffcc33" vlink="#ff9900"> <h1 style="text-align: center;">Morelia at night </h1> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: left;">We are still getting used to the daily schedules here in Mexico-- everything (except school) starts late and ends late! The town is very sleepy until 9 or 10 am, the midday meal is around 2:00 (when shops shut down for siesta) but businesses open up again from 4 to 8. Then, after 8 pm or so, the town becomes much more lively. There are crowds on the sidewalks downtown and restaurants that appeared to be closed at 7 pm slowly start to fill up. &nbsp; Who knows when it all ends. We haven't stayed up late enough to find out, yet!</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="morelia_at_night.jpg"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="web_pics/morelia_night2.jpg"> &nbsp;<img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="web_pics/cathedral_night.jpg"></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/morelia_night3.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp; <img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/morelia_night5.jpg"></p> The aqueduct stretches for about a kilometer east of the town center. &nbsp;It no longer carries water, but the arches are majestic at night. <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="web_pics/aqueduct5187.jpg"> &nbsp;<img src="web_pics/aqueduct5188.jpg"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="web_pics/aqueduct5194.jpg"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp; <img src="web_pics/calzada_perigrinacion5184.jpg">&nbsp; <img src="web_pics/calzada5192.jpg"> </p> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style="text-align: left;">As we have said in previous posts,&nbsp;they have a lighting ceremony for the cathedral every Saturday. &nbsp;They close off the main street for an hour and crowds gather in the street for the fireworks and music.<br> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/cathedral_fireworks4.jpg"> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="web_pics/cathedral_fireworks3.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> At least in the summer, crowds gather in the central plazas to watch the street performers and scheduled concerts, like these groups of local muscicians and dancers:<br> </div> <br> <img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/morelia_night4.jpg">&nbsp; &nbsp;<br> <br> <img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/morelia_musicians.jpg"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="web_pics/dancers.jpg"> </div> </body> </html>