Saturday – Arriving at San Miguel
We arrived late afternoon. The house is beautiful. This is the courtyard of the house.
We then ventured out to get some groceries and have dinner at Don Felix.
We wrapped up a great first day with a view from our top balcony.
Sunday
A morning surprise: Balloons!
This morning we were delightfully surprised by the sound of hot air balloons overhead. At first we thought it was just some local noise we weren’t familiar with, but then we realized it sounded just like summer weekend mornings back home.
Today we spent most of our time walking to and around the city center. We also took care of necessities such as food shopping and preparing dinner. It’s a beautiful town even though I feel there is so much more to see and do.
Tuesday
Morning coffee in our yard
Today was sort of an artsy day. Leslie and I started this morning with exploring our garden and taking close up and other interesting photos.
After breakfast we set out for a walking day. First we walked from the house to Fabrica la Aurora.
Fabrica la Aurora
Then we walked to Mercado de Artesanias.
We did some shopping and then had lunch at “The Restaurant” – an amazing meal. Then I walked home, taking a new route to see a different part of town.
Wednesday
Touring Guanajuato
We had a fantastic tour of the beautiful city of Guanajuato. Our tour guide, Fernando Ibarra (415 145 4316) was incredibly knowledgeable and speaks English extremely well. He walked us around the city giving us the background of many of the key places and in doing so he conjured up vivid imagery of historical moments, people and places. The city is amazing in its beauty but also it history and infrastructure. There are tunnels below the entire city for vehicle traffic, but the tunnel network, complete with intersections and winding turns has no relationship to the roads above it.
The Mummies of Guanajuato
(To be verified) These mummies were buried during an outbreak of Cholera during the early 1800s, and subsequently disinterred between 1870 and 1958 because burial taxes were not paid.
