Hotel Balneario San Ramon San Miguel de Allende

It's been a week since my arrival to San Miguel de Allende and I am stricken with the flu. This is not just a 'touch’ of flu. This is the, "I’m going to sleep on the bathroom floor because I have no other choice flu". Even as I am all consumed in my own personal drama I can hear that the world around me has not stopped just because I’m clinging to the toilet. Moises and the boys are on the roof top ...

... the large tourist and expat population - but not far away, people are living in cardboard shacks. Still, the town has a highly developed network of agencies that assist those in need, and I'm sure that employment and income must be positively impacted by all the Gringos. Many of the expats that I've met have been here for more than ten years. They take a vital interest in the welfare of the communty at large and most of them do considerably long hours of ...

... to be France or somewhere in the Middle East or Asia. Mexico never crossed my mind. But here we were, eager to become part of this incredible city full of friendly and excepting people who seem to embody the very thing we’ve been looking for…a slower pace and a sense of life fulfilled.

It only took two days for me to find a house I love. Kevin wasn’t immediately hooked but after a second look he was on the phone to his parents telling ...

... odd things in my bags and feel a bit silly as I’m moving bake ware and wooden spoons from one bag to another. My once orderly bags are now a tangle of clothing, electronics and kitchen essentials and I realize that in the end all I really care about is that my bottle of fish sauce arrives intact. What would life be without my Masmum Curry? I don’t think I’m ready to find out.

Not until I’m ...

... of a thing we call love you have but one option which is get up regroup and bring down the beast by showing poise and inner strength when you are most vulnerable.

**** I've heard all the lame ass excuses about why things won't theoretically work out. I'm waiting for an intelligent confident woman who's always sexy, never slutty, who knows how to speak and has a head on her shoulders...I wonder

... interesting balancing act to eat and not get the food in our laps, well almost, as there were a few misses. The square was quite crowded and we saw two clowns who were selling balloons and we got a picture of them which we included in our blog. We waited for the 8:00 entertainment which was terrible and we walked home and tried to work off some of our evening repast. Happy Mother's Day!!!!!

Monday May 11th

After a lazy morning of coffee, email and starting the day with some ...

... u I wasn't disappointed. Housed in the same building are small Art Galleries Nikos and I wandered over to one of them as he knew the owner (Nicos has been coming to SMA for about 9 years every other year he spends in Athens) What caught my eye were these small beautiful resin womin sculptures, it so happens that the artist of these fab sculptures was there and she had noticed my interest in her work and we struck up a convo the next thing I hear Karen ...

... ones. They are all lit up at night time and offer a beautiful view! The dinner at the plaza came along with quite a few kids coming over and wanting to sell whatever they had. Of course one always feels sorry, but it's hard to fight these kind of things off even if we bought something from everyone, the world would still be same world. One little girl really made me laugh though as she came up selling chewing gum seeming to be her best customer as her mouth was ...

... are a lot of Americans retiring in San Miguel de Allende so the restaurants cater to all tastes. On Monday, we set out to explore the town and practice Spanish when possible. We visited the Instituto Allende and wandered through the art galleries. There was a really neat art exhibit done by a man in prison in California. He wasn't allowed to get paint or brushes so he used M&Ms with water to get each colour and made a brush out of his hair. The paintings were ...

... mansions that were once the homes of aristocrats which have been converted to gift shops and boutiques are typical of most Mexican cities. The location of San Miguel, only an hour or so drive from about five other cool cities gave us plenty of opportunity to stay busy during the week. Many of Raedie's family members are artists, so it was neat for some of them to experience the beauty of Mexico's art scene first hand. On Christmas day we exchanged ...