San Andres Cholula

So for one of my classes called Regional Seminar, I have to become more observant of San Andres Cholula, the municipality of Cholula in which I live. The other municipality, San Pedro Cholula, has a much larger centro and that's where I spend most of my time if I'm going to "downtown Cholula". But Cholula is actually broken up into these two centers and the centro of San Andres is much more tranquil with less people. The first assignment for this class was to walk around the centro and just observe. I've been here a few times before but was not aware that this centro houses the government offices, a few maps of San Andres, and right now there is an exhibition of photographs from the first half of the twentieth century of different parts of Cholula. It's interesting to see these photos and the development of Cholula within the last 60 years or so. Kids are usually playing in or near the fountain but not today. Each week we have a different thing to do in order to gather information about San Andres (next week we have to find 5 different maps about San Andres and describe what they focus on or what image they try to represent for San Andres). So now I'm learning a little bit about where I live!

This is the Church of San Andres. For one reason or another I believed that it's name was much longer but it isn't. It sits directly in front of the zocalo (main square) of San Andres and it's a serene place to be. I've looked at this church before but I never entered its plaza or looked inside until today. It's very ornate inside and has some interesting iconography but you can't take any pictures inside the church. The stainglass artwork on the facade of the church is falling apart which makes me kind of sad. But what a beautiful day to explore the centro of San Andres!

Here is a picture of the pyramid and another picture of this field of flowers. Hopefully this class will help me become more observant of my actual surroundings. Cholula really is pretty and I'm glad to be here.