![]() On both sides of the street, there is a succession of shops with a little bit of everything. Instead of the real portable dog and shrill barking that conquered the world, his modernist painting, almost psychedelic, filling the entire facade of a yellowish building.Īt the same time, one of the trenzites children that we are used to seeing in tourist villages in northern Mexico.ĭays later, we would board the chepe, this yes, a real train, full of history, worthy of one of the most adventurous railways to the face of the earth. When we do, we unveil the first Chihuahua Chihuahua. We take a last look at the towers of the Metropolitan Cathedral. We continue along Calle Guadalupe Victoria, out of the Plaza de Armas, towards Hidalgo, another "square" around a statue and garden, justified by the presence of the Government Palace. ![]() Chihuahua: a City Increasingly Mural in Mexico Sometimes twenty minutes on end, enough for shoe owners to sit back, read half the newspaper and debate the topics of the day, the political scandals, the clashes between cartels and the repercussions of the other, more recent and viral, pandemic. The more highly regarded the models, the more the shoe shiners are committed to them. We find them in leather, ostrich, crocodile, snake, anteater, armadillo, eel and blankets, among others.ĭepending on the materials, the art used and, of course, the brand's reputation and solidity, prices can range from a few dozen to more than three thousand euros a pair. As soon as we leave the Plaza de Armas for the surrounding commercial streets, we see stores filled with these boots and hats, displayed and promoted like the idolized items they have become.Īs python boots in particular, they are sold and used in a panoply of materials worthy of a vigorous ¡Ay Chihuahua. Little by little, shoeshine men take up their posts around the garden in the heart of the square, ready to renew the shine of the python boots with the fact that, in addition to hats, jeans and shirts, a good part of the men in the region make up the looks of jeans traditional manly of northern mexican.Ĭhihuahua is, in fact, one of the main suppliers of this regional fashion. Piton's Emblematic Boots and the Shoeshineers Who Care for Them With such determination that, next door, they serve us as unwanted alarm clocks.Įarly in the morning, but with some lapse, due to the elevations to the east, the warm sunlight hits the top of the cathedral and recharges the city for the day ahead. The bells of the two twin towers mark time by time outside. ![]() Its façade integrates the southeastern limit of the Plaza de Armas, the heart of Chihuahua.īlessing it, as is supposed in any city with Hispanic colonial origins, the metropolitan cathedral, a majestic Catholic temple and, for centuries on end, towering, for some decades supplanted by the building of the Congress Information Unit.ĭespite the architectural outrage, the cathedral preserves its function in the lives of Chihuahuas intact. The former Casa Trias who welcomes us is one of the oldest and haciendas oldest in the city. ![]()
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