This weekend the Christmas lights went up along 12 de Abril (the street we are living on) and Plaza Otorongo (about two blocks from our apartment), so we went over to have a look late last night.

Plaza Otorongo has a super-size Nativity scene in lights which draws crowds of families

The static images were rather boring, so I decided to try to be a little more creative…

The streets of Cuenca and along the Tomebamba river were decorated in lights too

The churches were lit normally, but no Christmas decorations around them at all

Surprisingly, this was the sole Christmas decoration around Parque Calderon

The lights reflect in the Tomebamba river near our apartment as we headed home