Niños Héroes

Last Thursday I wanted to get out and actually see a little bit of Monterrey (MTY), so I took the Metro up to a park called Niños Héroes (pictures on facebook). This park is near UANL, which is a University in Monterrey and also near where the Tigres (one of the two soccer teams here in Monterrey) play.

When I got off the metro, there was a velodrome in front of me. I was intrigued, especially since it was full of people and cyclists. I had apparently accidentally come across the National Junior Olympics. They were being held in MTY at various sites all over the city. I thought that it was pretty cool, so I stopped and watched for a bit. I saw my old state of Sonora, my current state of Nuevo León (NL), and many others as well. When I left, NL was winning.

Then, not knowing what was in this park, I went into a small aquarium. It was just a simple one room building with aquariums along the walls, but it was pretty cool.

Then I found the old car museum, but I did not go in. There are two buildings, but only one was open. On the weekends, both are open and still for the same price, so I am going to wait until some open Saturday afternoon and see both parts. From the windows, though, it looked pretty cool.

I next went to the museum of Fuana and natural science. I guess it was a taxidermy museum. There were a lot of animals from all over the world ranging from the polar bear, the ostrich, the squirrel, and the cheetah. It was pretty neat. And definitely worth the 5 pesos (about fifty cents) that it cost to enter.

Along with the aquarium, the aviary is also free. It looked really neat from the outside. I guess like a giant crystal ball, but made of mesh wiring instead of crystal. Inside were several interesting looking birds as well, including several peacocks.

Lastly, I went to where they were doing the National Junior Olympics for Equestrian riding. After watching a little bit, I headed back to the school for a full afternoon of teaching.

Anyway, for a random Thursday just going to the park, I had a really good time. It seems like a cool park (they also had beach volleyball, and I think the MTY Ultimate fields are here if ever I am not working when they are playing). I am also excited about going back and seeing those antique cars.