The Basilica of Our Lady of Guanjuato is an anchor of daily life here. Her bells ring over the city at the quarter-hour, half hour and hour from morning to evening. Locals and tourists walk past the sidewalk sellers and restaurants that line the basilica plaza. Brides have their portraits taken on the basilica steps as students and regulars occupy the iron benches.
For me, coming around the corner and seeing the brilliant yellow basilica on my walk to school is the bright light in my morning. I love the tightly sculptured hedges and clipped grass of the plaza, the sound of the central fountain and the murmur of people passing me by starting their day in Guanajuato.
At night the streets are empty, the plaza is quiet, the basilica bells silent, waiting for a new morning.
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