So I know I was partly there for touristy reasons, but I was absolutely appalled by the number of people who would just wander in to look at the church during mass! It didn't help that the interior of the church is really quite small, and was already full to standing-room only of people who actually wanted to attend mass. If you're going to a church strictly for sight-seeing purposes, why on earth would you go on a Sunday morning?? There were literally people streaming into the church during the recessional - like before mass is actually over and before people at the mass could leave. It was so strange. Stupid people. Yes, I wanted to see the mission itself, but we stood quietly in the back during mass (the whole mass), and then took a quick walk through the rest of the church after mass, being sure to get out well before the next mass started.
Anyways, the church is beautiful. The crisp whiteness of the outside seems a bit out of place in the barren, brown desert (though the mission does have a decent size farm with beautiful green fields!), but it's really pretty against the bright blue sky. And the intricate woodwork inside the church is really astounding.
(Jesus/Joseph? with his dollar bills cracks me up.)
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