Yesterday we all piled into the big SUV after a traditional Mexican breakfast and headed southwest to the city of Cuernavaca for the day. The toll road passed through beautiful mountain scenery and was lined the whole length with flowering bushes and trees. The highway itself was one of the most cleanest and well kept roads I have ever seen, well lighted and empty of billboards or any other type of advertising I think Canada could well use as a model. Cuernavaca, the City of Eternal Spring, is located 89 km (55 mi ) south of Mexico City, in the northern region of the state of Morelos and on arriving we could tell how much warmer it is than Mexico City ( an average year-round temperature of 23º C (73º F). Cesar and his family have their "summer home" there, a lovely flower filled spot (many kinds of orchids to Marie's delight) private and inviting. Naturally we explored the city, strolling through the market and marvelling.at the magnificent historic buildings, such as the Convento del la Asuncion (Convent of The Assumption), la Capilla de San Jose (San Jose Chapel) and the Palacio de Cortes (Palace of Cortez).
