Virgin de Guadeloupe

It's the 12th of December, the day of the Virgen de Guadeloupe, a big fiesta in Mexico. We decided to leave early in order to be able to stop at some festivities on the way. And indeed, we passed the first procession just 5km outside of Tzintzuntzan: a school class had to run behind a truck carrying a huge picture of the virgen. Our next stop was in Morelia. We decided to cycle through the city rather than taking the highway around as we were hoping to see some more festivities. There was nothing particularly going on. However, the historic centre of Morelia is Unesco World Heritage and worth a visit with its colonial style buildings, street art and atmosphere in general.
We then continued to Zinapecuaro, our destination for the day. Here, they celebrated the Virgen with a procession, lots of food and fireworks. People, especially the kids, were all dressed up in traditional clothes. The food was great as well - we tried 3 different regional dished for less than 4€ in total.Read more