Wandering with Tedder and Tamara

We started out the day by going to Mina El Edén. This is an underground mine on one of the hills in Zacatecas. The mine is over 400 years old (opened in 1586), and was incredibly lucrative- tons of gold, silver, and copper were extracted from it. On the negative side, they would put the indigenous people to work in the mine, even the kids. And there was some sort of problem with mercury poisoning- I didn't figure it out, because my Spanish isn't that good (read more if you'd like). Still, it was neat to ride in the mining car, see the huge mine, and come out of the mine a few miles from where we began.

Once we came out of the mine, we took the cable car (aerial tramway) to La Bufa, which is the major hill/mountain on one side of the city. The view as you fly over the city is amazing. Once on La Bufa, we went through a museum about the history of the city, visited the other interesting sites on the hilltop, then took a taxi back into town.

Our next stop was the modern art museum in Zacatecas, the Museo de Arte Abstracto, primarily featuring the work of Manuel Felguérez.

In the evening, we went out to the gymnasium on the outskirts of town and saw a lucha libre event. It was fun, silly, and a bit tedious, but certainly worthwhile.