I thought I wrote about the hot springs, La Gruta and Escondido (Grotto and Hidden Place), but I can’t find it, but here are the photos. In the 18th century, Padre Alfaro felt the baths had become way to hedonistic, so he built the Atotonilco Sanctuary for the penitentes. To this day, the come on Sundays, crawling on hands and bloodied knees, or creeping on their bellies, perhaps, straight from the baths.
One is not allowed to use a flash camera in the church and I really tried not to, but the camera, despite my highest technological abilities couldn’t keep it from flashing, so I got this nice pic.
Morgan & Patty, what a wonderful blog! Your photos were fantastic, as was the text. Got a really good feel for your time there. The highlights? Hard to pick, but perhaps the “get out of the car!” story and the photo of the svelte and fashionable Mexican skeletons. I don’t know … it is all a treat. And I’m not even done reading it yet …
My love to you both,
Barton