Mision San Gil Queretaro San Juan del Rio

... the cat, Coco, and feasting my eyes on the colours.

I'm finding SMA very picturesque and interesting. The place is packed full of beautifully preserved or restored colonial buildings, and it simply reeks of history and atmosphere. A huge piece of land just south of the central Jardin has been walled off, and behind the walls, a condo complex, complete with tennis courts and a swimming pool is being built. The pitch for the condos is, "Now you can live ...

... and another girl from Canada. We walked a couple blocks and ended up at the market I had stopped by for breakfast. Several tables had now been set up at one end and I saw colorful candles, urns with burning incense, colorful paper cuttings with skeletons, and tables and tables of what turned out to be sugar skulls and skeletons and other delectable treats made mainly from refined sugar! I purchased a sugar skull and had them write my name on ...

... to me in Spanish. When I went back, I found that they only had the form in Spanish. I peered over the shoulders of a couple of people next to me and filled in the form the best I could. I then crossed my fingers as I passed the medical security checkpoint.

By the time I went through Customs and arrived at Baggage Claim all the bags from our flight had been removed from the conveyor belt. Ten minutes ...

Encore une fois de retour à Queretaro, cette fois avec maman et les soeurettes !
Queretaro, selon moi la plus belle ville du Mexique parmi celles que j'ai pu visiter...et où j'ai vécu entre janvier et septembre 2007.

Pleine d'églises multicolores, de ruelles sympathiques, de fundas où la nourriture est délicieuse (surtout "La fuente de Lupita", situ ...

... br>Nous passons donc toute la journée à nous ballader dans les ruelles et les nombreuses places, tout en dégustant les spécialités locales. Le soir nous avons la chance d'assister à une "estudiantina", des groupes folkloriques qui se promènent dans la rue en chantant des airs typiques et en dansant. (regardez les vidéos).

Nous terminons par une soirée arrosée à la tequila...

... dorm rates were 110 peso and the private rooms were 250 + 300 peso for one or two persons, with the nicer room's being upstairs. This had everything that you would expect from a decent hostel - guest kitchen, laundry service, rooftop terrace, lounge area with VCR, library and internet.

Dona Urraca, 5 de Mayo No. 117, Tel. + 52 (442) 238-5400 ...

Here i am again, and again, with my new job, (really sucks some times) i need to make some trips to forget my job situation, anyway, i don't have to much time to do long trips but i will start making trips to the closets clonial cities in the surrounds of mexico city. my ...

The long day's drive ended when we finally found the tiny campground in Guanajuato. So many people have told us about it that we had to come and see for ourselves. The city is amazing! lots of rough hewn underground tunnels to drive through and cobbled stone streets. Full of students, no traffic lights, good coffee, music everywhere. So well done. We'll stay for a week here. Oh, the elevation here is 6800 feet, no wonder the porta-potti was acting like a balloon!

The months of January and February in San Miguel were spent enjoying more festivals and just soaking up the atmosphere and culture. In mid January there is St. Anthony's Day. The blessing of the animals takes place on this day. We went to two different churches to see a hundred or more people lined up with dogs, cats, birds, you name it. Everyone wanted a chance to have their special pet blessed. It was stressful seeing so many cats and dogs ...

Another nine hour day of driving with an overnight stop in San Juan del Rio. Highlights would be passing the tallest peak in Mexico (Pico de Orizaba), and enjoying the splendor of the high desert landscape. Only one picture is needed as it never really changes.

The first time we stopped in San Juan del Rio on the way to the Gulf Coast we stayed in a nice hotel ...