Villa Mirasol Hotel San Miguel de Allende

... a Primera Plus express bus that was leaving in ten minutes. I felt very smooth!

As seems to be my lot in life, there was a young man firmly ensconced in my window seat; this time, happily clicking his pointy, white shoes together on the foot rest. Instead of looking for the conductor as I would have done in other times, I just (with gestures) told the said young man that he was in my seat. He protested at first but I remained firm and eventually moved over ...

... trip. In attendance: Holly, Martin, Ana, Kirsten, Che, Yazmine, Chantal (CEPE friends), Andy (my new flatmate), a surprise visit from Cameron the Kiwi (who was first discovered langouring in a hostel in Puerta Vallarta, and later visited us in GDL), and of course Kisiev, who was kind enough to let me crash at his uncle`s place. Gracias, cabron!

It was a non-stop weekend. Lots of music ...

... what luck! Thus ensued almost three fascinating hours with my own personal guide. I was especially interested in her discourse about the early people and their (somewhat grizzly) customs and beliefs. Amongst many other things,I learned about their underlying world views regarding life and death, and how this translated into their rituals of sacrifice. I also found out more than I ever wanted to know about the exact nature of the ...

... going to cry. It took me 10 min. to say it right, and then I couldn't do it again. (I can now do both farely well)

I found the perfect video to describe this time I have had so far. Check it out. Go to youtube. Type in Steve Martin in Pink Panther. Find the video about "I would like to buy a hamburger". AWESOME. I showed my pronunciation teacher, he died laughing.

On ...

... was finishing my coffee we were aware that we will still the only customers in the restaurant. The food was outstanding and we were once again pleased with the price being half of what it would have cost back in Marin or San Francisco. We had a leisurely walk home and capped off the night by starting new novels.

Tuesday May 12th

I got up early as it was a golf morning and took off with Javier before seven. He had brought his daughter with him to take her to school her name was ...

... with kewl interesting people. So as San Miguel goes one thing follows another invitation this time to a Superbowl Party in two days,now i am not a ball fan but it was a chance to meet other people and that i did... I enjoyed the opportunity to go to a private art opening at a local artists home/gallery space..check out the pictures,this was also a space that wowed me more out of the fact that is was being done. I am totally delighted and very ...

... où chacun a pu faire des achats en fonction de l'espace dans sa caravane et du degré de risques qu'on voulait prendre pour éviter à ces pièces de grande valeur de finir en petits morceaux invendables. Sur le chemin du retour, nous nous sommes arrêtés à une église tricentenaire belle à couper le souffle dans le village d'Atotonilco qui est un lieu de pélérinage pour les mexicains qui peuvent marcher 7 à 8 jours pour s'y rendre. De nombreux témoignages de guérisons y sont visibles.

There are no huge "must see" sights in San Miguel; then again there are no beaches here either. It is funny reading on Trip Advisor and other sights....people have questions that show that they have put NO effort into researching where they are going. Prepardness to what you will be doing in town will make for a more pleasant trip. There is plenty to do here, but you might find the range of activities limited. As always, life for ...

... Why there? For years the life of the monarch remained and entomology enigma. Every year at certain sites in the south eastern United States, female monarchs would arrive by the millions to lay eggs and die in early spring. By late May, newly hatched cocoons released the next generation of monarchs which would fly north to the great lakes to mate and lay more eggs. By September another generation hatches and takes flight, only to be seen again in ...

... she knew that was the one I was going to end up with. Some other things we have done include seeing Happy Feet, the cartoon movie about dancing penguins--in Spanish. IT WAS AWESOME! We went to a park in Uruapan that was integrated with running water everywhere, kind of cool. We have taken many walks around town and eaten some great greasy Mexican market food. We have found ourselves stuck in traffic in the middle of a parade on many an occassion. Between ...