On Sunday our Spanish class visited a castle in the huge Chapultepec Park of Mexico City.  It’s now the Museo de Historia but it’s the actual castle where Maximilian and Carlota lived in the 1800s.

The castle sits high on a hill in the park with a panoramic view of the city. As we entered the gates and the expansive court yard, my mind envisioned visiting dignitaries in their horse and buggies and men on horseback clopping over the cobble stones.

Because our class is comprised of refugees from different countries, we have people from different countries in Africa.

When we started taking pictures of each other in the castle, I was amazed that many Latins also touring the castle quickly wanted their pictures taken with our African classmates.  Whenever we started to take a group photo, many Latins would want to scurry into the photo as well and have a friend take their picture with the group.  Don and I talked about that privately later that evening and don’t quite know what to make of that.

So that aspect of our little excursion was interesting.  After the castle tour, our español profesor (teacher) Andres provided a great picnic of tortas (like sub sandwiches) and other goodies.  It was a beautiful day weather wise and a fun time for Don and me to spend more time with our friends from class.