Today was the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is just about the largest religious celebration that the Mexican people have next to Christmas and Easter. Lots of things were disrupted, especially the buses because of the huge progressions to the cathedral in town.
It was quite amazing, seeing literally thousands of people, many dressed in traditional costumes (lots of Aztec style-nothing to do with Christianity!) marching and singing on their way to the cathedral. This cathedral is beautiful but not large. I have seen much larger in small towns in Canada so I can only assume that as people marched in the front door, others were marching out on the sides! All the while, the bell tower had people visible who were ringing the bells by hand. I think they must all be deaf tonight lol!
We were in the area because we had arranged to meet Carol and Shannon (for those who do not know-we worked with them at the Royal Bank) for the day. They are in town staying at the Royal Decameron in Nuevo Vallarta. We were just walking towards the hotel where we had arranged to meet when we saw them walking on the other side of the street!
We had a great day, showing them "our neighborhood" and stopping at our favorite bars and restaurants. Just a few hours in the middle of the day in not enough to do justice to this great area of Vallarta.
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