Touring Queretaro

Saturday morning we were invited on a Trolley tour (in English) that a woman from Canada had set up for her family that was visiting. I run into her frequently on the way too and from school, but I didn't know her too well, so it was really nice of her to think of us and invite us. James and I had been wanting to do a tour anyway to get some more of the history of the city and see more of downtown, so this was perfect. The history lesson was a little lost on me considering I kept missing bits and pieces because of kids, but it was a very interesting, beautiful tour! There is so much history in Queretaro, and I hope to learn more of it while we're here.

Ethan, Nolan, Ken, and Yuki (our new friends from Japan)

playing in the square before the tour.

Lydia on the trolley

Ethan, Ken, Nolan, and Yuki

Our Trolley

The fam walking the steps to a monument where some people were shot (I was chasing Lydia around and trying to keep Nolan from falling off the other side of the wall, so I didn't quite catch the whole thing). It was beautiful though!

A group shot in front of a huge statue...

James liked his patchwork suit.

Lydia and mommy on the trolley

A great view of the famous Aqueduct and more of the city.

It's pretty amazing (and a great landmark to look for when you're lost!).

Queretaro has 42 churches and 24 cathedrals

in the city alone (I got that fact!).

After the trolley, all 22 of us went to grab something to eat in another square. We sat outside, the kids played in the square, Nolan, broke a glass, Lydia spilled milk all over the table, and then we lost Nolan. James had Lydia out in the square because she was being a pain and Nolan went out with Yuki and his mom and didn't have any shoes on. James asked him where his shoes were and he said in the car. James knew they weren't in the car, so he told him to go back to the table to see me and put his shoes on. Well, I had gone to take Ethan to the bathroom, so I wasn't at the table anymore and, in turn, I wasn't keeping an eye on the square and Nolan and Lydia. I came back from the bathroom and no one could find Nolan. One of the scariest moments of my life! We were looking all over the square, all over the restaurant for what seemed like 10 minutes, but probably was 2. James ended up finding him down the side street we had come up to go to the restaurant. Thank God! Apparently, he was going back to the car to find his shoes. Yet another eventful lunch with the Damicos!

Live music at the restaurant we were at.

Ethan loved them and took this picture.

Lydia fell asleep the second we got into the car.