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century church, San Sebastian. We left the bus    of Copala, made the tour worthwhile. Copala’s
            near the town square, home to an oversize         rich history dates back to the late 1500s when
            rocking chair that commemorates the town’s        it too drew Spanish adventurers in search of
            furniture-making industry that arose when         gold and silver. Our group strolled down
            area mines died out. The town also is credited    cobblestone streets with aged buildings and
            as the birthplace of respados, Mexico’s snow      houses, home to about 300 residents. We had
            cones. A walk around the square and down          a tasty Mexican lunch of fajitas and homemade
            some stress with colorfully painted buildings     banana cream pie, along with several tiny
            capped our stop in this sleepy town.              bottles of beer, in a friendly rustic restaurant -
                Our final destination, the tiny mining town   the only one in town.































































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