La Puertecita Boutique Hotel San Miguel de Allende

Well, it was my bright idea to visit Tlaxcala, capital city of the state of the same name, smallest in Mexico. Despite it not having any particular attractions, supposed to be pleasantly set pleasant colonial town. Tired before I'd started as the near vertical walk up slippery cobbled streets to the bus station killed me! The plan was 4.5 hours by bus to Puebla then an hour from there to Tlaxcala ...

... painting looked as though it were pastels or watercolors. The park was very extensive with large walking paths that wrapped through out the park and connected with the streets around the park. There were at least four basketball courts and I found a wonderful playground and I walked on the streets that edged along the park.

I was facinated by the amount of construction that I encountered throughout my walk. On Aldama, there was a huge arched entrance into a set of maybe 6 or 7 homes ...

... country property..I was literally holding my breath with excitement as i have dreams of having a expressive space like this someday.The time of day was early which was great for me i am a morning person after my first cup of tea my co-passengers were not as awake it didn't long i tell ya for us all to be quite woken up with this home and property. Everywhere u looked there was something burst of colors,painted doors,altars,painted furniture,shrines ...

... Paso'', traduit en plusieurs langues et qu'on pourrait se procurer au Québec. San Miguel de Allende est une ville de 6200 habitants qui est à plus de 6000 pieds d'élévation. Nous avons visité la ville dans un Trolleybus pour avoir un apercu global avant de la visiter à pieds pendant les temps libres qu'on nous donnait. À travers des rues très étroites, nous avons marché pour visiter des églises qui sont à quelques coins de rues les unes des autres et pour visiter aussi la place ...

... puffs of corn flavored with hot pepper and lime. These are sold in small bags by vendors all around town. For $1 we bought a huge bag in a sort of wholesale place, thus avoiding having someone re-pack them by hand. They are light cheese puffs, but with the lime and hot chili flavor....awful, or awful addictive, depending on your taste. Food places spring up on the weekends. Two blocks over is a night time stand with tacos and other ...

... with black veign and white polka dotted monarch butterfly wings, mostly individual, but some coupled with a body of the king of butterflies, still too cold to take flight in the cool morning air. So many thousands of bodyless butterflies lay scattered on the ground, the result of some kind of monarch masacre, that it was hard to believe that any live monarchs made it through that stretch of forest. We finally reached the end of the uphill climb ...

Today I set off to see some ruins at Teotihuacan. Check out this link for more info on the site: http://www.mexperience.com/guide/archae ology/teotihuacan.htm It was a really fun day, even if we were harassed by vendors every three minutes! I swear, they outnumbered the tourists 2:1. I did have some good conversations with some of them though, once we established that there was no way I was going to buy anything they were selling ...

... see all of Oaxaca city and Teotitlan. The sky was also amazing. I have never felt so close to the sky...it's hard to even begin to explain how beautiful it was. During the day, we would eat at a comedor (equivalent of an eatery). This little old lady would come out and ask us if we wanted food, and we'd say yes. She would feed us whatever she had that day. The food was amazing. Everything was made from scratch, and she ...

... s feet, Mary appeared again; this time she was a picture on Juan Diego's blanket. Another miracle! So that is how the shrine of Guadalupe came to be built and is now the second most visited Catholic pilgrimage site, behind the Vatican. The Pope recently consecrated Juan Diego as a saint, the first Indian saint. A new church has also been built to cater for the millions of visitors. The original church is next door and boasts domed ceilings ...

... believe me it certainly felt like it by the time we'd staggered to the top!) Nevertheless, we were rewarded with spectacular views in all directions and were able to get a good feel for the remainder of the city's layout. Our exploration of the many ruins continued for the next few hours as the sun got hotter and hotter and the hawkers (selling all manner of tourist tat) became more and more persistent. It was a welcome relief from the sun to have a wander ...