Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2024-02-02 : Estación Bernal and Museums

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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Notes Actions
General Info Cheese and Wine Museum Tequisquiapan Cheese and Wine Museum (Museo del Queso y el Vino) $0.00
General Info Museum of miniatures $0.00
General Info Railroad Station $0.00 The old Bernal railroad station is located on Avenida Juarez. It was built when the rail line was constructed through the municipality. Today, it served as a viewpoint to see much of the city. It also conserves a locomotive from the beginning of the 20th century.
General Info Candlemass What a curious tradition… $0.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Grandpa's House AirBnB Tequisquiapan $610.71 Pd $305.36 Mar 17 2023. $305.35 due Jan 17
Free cancelation until Jan 25
Check-in 15:00. Check out 12:00
Washer on-site. Wifi, kitchen, use nearby resort facilities, outdoor BBQ but no outdoor seating that I can see.


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This morning we walked out of town and up the hill to the old train station, Estación Bernal. As an added bonus a train came past while we were there, but it was a freight train - I think it’s been a really long time since a passenger train has pulled in.

We were going to do some errands as well before hitting up a couple of local museums, and we randomly discovered Jardin del Arte on our way back downtown.
This afternoon we went to the miniatures museum (México me Encantata) which absolutely blew us away. It has more than 200 scenes of the daily life of Mexicans: traditions, customs, jobs and festivals that the proprietor made herself over more than 40 years. It was spell-binding and beautiful. The amount of detail she’s put into it is amazing. We then went on to the wine and cheese museum (Museo del Queso y el Vino) which really isn’t a museum at all… really more just a store, and we noped out of that. We then had a late lunch on the terrace at Cilantro Perejil. The setting was great but I wasn’t impressed with the food.
Brent and I love Mexico but we also find it perplexing in some ways. One area that I find fascinating and odd is the Catholicism.

Today we noticed that a lot of people were walking around town carrying baskets with baby dolls in them. Tonight there was a massive mass at the church in the square… and baby dolls. We had to find out what it meant and we learned about Candlemass.

I suppose if you grow up with it it seems normal but… it’s a little odd from the outside looking in.


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