A breathtaking bird's-eye view sweeps across the heart of Guadalajara, Mexico's second city, with the twin neo-Gothic spires of the magnificent Cathedral of the Assumption soaring from the colonial centro — surrounded by plazas, fountains, the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, and the vast urban grid stretching to the distant mountains. This Vistacolor chrome captures the scale and grandeur of one of Mexico's finest baroque-turned-eclectic cathedrals, begun in 1561 and rebuilt repeatedly after earthquakes, making it a living palimpsest of Mexican history. The card was mailed to Clare in Rochester, New York, by Evans and Mary, who reported a smooth flight with no delays, warm temperatures of 75–79°F, abundant fresh fruit and vegetables, many flowers — and a city noticeably smoggy in the mornings because, they noted pointedly, "they don't use unleaded gas."