Hotel Refugio del Molino San Miguel de Allende

... to read, as well as a local discussion group, and another gathering for practising my (minimal) Spanish. The latter wasn't much fun as we all sat around a big table and could only speak to the people near to us - and my people (from Ontario) knew even less Spanish than I did. Also, I realised that I really needed to hit the books if I wanted to have even an idea of some basic vocab and grammar.<br><br>The weather that had been so bitterly cold at first, became ...

... my first lesson. I was surprised to find that in Spanish there are three verbs to express "to be" - Ser, Estar, and Haber! I had trouble wrapping my brain around all the different uses. The teacher, however, made the class engaging and I had a good time.<br><br>At the end of the class, Maestra L. asked me if I would be interested in helping with the Day of the Dead Altar (Ofrenda) they were setting up in the front of the school. I wasn't ...

... I found my bags and made a mental note that the next set of luggage I buy should be neon yellow so that I could spot them in the sea of dark colored suitcases.<br><br>Through the airport terminal I went, to the adjoining bus terminal where I purchased a $20 USD ticket to Queretaro on Primera Plus. The bus stops weren't labeled, but the nice ticket seller took the time to walk me to the stop. Twenty minutes ...

... and on a concrete pad. It seemed like it went on for miles, clothes, fruit &amp; vegetables, hardware, watches, remotes for tv's, meats, toys, dining furniture and more. We got a few pictures which are attached to get an idea of the Mercado. Sheila and I are not the greatest shoppers and fortunately Melinda was agreeable to catching a cabby back to the casa. We did buy some items and food for our meals. On the way back were held up in traffic as some police were putting a handcuffed ...

Mexico et Emilie sont au Mexique !!!<br><br>Pas très loin de Querétaro se trouve la ville de San Miguel de Allende, autre splendeur coloniale, avec notamment une cathédrale magnifique. Tout comme Querétaro la ville est pleine de petites ruelles de toutes les couleurs.<br><br>Nous arpentons donc les marchés pleins de bijoux et d'artisanat typique, faisons une pause où Trucha ne parviendra pas à terminer son ...

Trucha et Emilie sont au Mexique !!!<br><br>Après avoir passé 5 jours au Yucatan, à Tulum, ils reviennent sur Mexico bien bronzés, cramés même.<br><br>Pour ce 2eme week end ensemble nous partons visiter un joyau colonial tout proche de Mexico : la ville de Querétaro. Mon pote et ex-colocataire lorque je vivais la bas, Thibaut, nous a prêté sa maison située sur les hauteurs de la ville ...

Mexico: 23 Destinations to Spend the Winter Months --------------------------------------- ------------------------------ San Miguel de Allende No. 2 of 25 (this is not a ranking) San Miguel de Allende - Real Estate (Part 3 of 3) The publication mentioned in the previous blog http://www.infosma.com is a great source about San Miguel in general and real estate in particular. Just click on ...

Well we had a lovely day driving here from Ciudad Victoria and the views of the mountains are beautiful and the roads not bad at all. We had decided to go to the RV park downtown that has WIFI but we wound up doing the very thing everyone says not to do - don't drive your car and trailer downtown, where the roads are VERY narrow and cobbled. In the end we found our way out of town to the Hotel Siesta which has a ...

... name. What do you do in SMA? Many tourists, winter residents and permanent residents take classes.....from Spanish to painting, sculpture and all kinds of artisic activities. We did not get into the class thing this year (with a couple of exceptions) but it is a big time thing with language and art schools very available. Another thing you do is visit are galleries. We don't do that so often at home but here we do.......sometimes ...

... great, the cats...well let's just say we like it when they're asleep! <br><br>San Miguel de Allende is a very pleasant town. I can't say it's my favorite but it is very easy to navigate due to the large expatriot population and the food is great because of the demand created by the gringos. There is a great botanical garden and hot springs here about which I'll write after we see them. We are here through New Year's so I'll add more to this ...