Noticias de Febrero

The very first weekend of February we had off that Monday and so, to backtrack a little, we ended up going to San Miguel de Allende. It would have been the perfect weekend to go to Veracruz, which we had originally planned, but we didnt realize that that was carnaval weekend and by the time we found out and looked for lodging the city had been booked. So instead we scratched off another place on my list, San Miguel de Allende. Famous for its huge amount of stinkin wealthy expats, mostly from the States, this precious town sits 4 hours above Mexico City in the state of Guanajuato. It´s really nice, cobble streets, classy restuarants, and it was strangely common to hear English spoken among the strangers we passed. We had a nice time, the main cathedral is the highlight of the town. It looks absolutely magnificent at night, like a pink fairy tale castle glowing in the dark. We saw newlyweds leave the church that Saturday and chuckled at the pairs¨ painful smirks as rice was whipped at them by smiling guests. We strolled through a beautiful park filled with flower and plant sellers. We hiked to the lookout point of the city and drank horchata and ate pasta at a nice restaurant. We found a quiet rooftop bar later and hung around in wicker chairs and watched the locals. The next day we visited a little flea market and I bought some beautiful handpainted ceramic bowls. We had an extra day left and decided to leave San Miguel de Allende and make our way home via the city Queretaro. I hadnt heard much of Queretaro before but its a really nice city, very livable, with tons of pretty plazas and an awesome still-working aqueduct that leads into the city. We happened by a parade of stomping people dressed up in traditional Aztec getup (you wouldnt believe how much leg those men show!) and we found a bar that had the Superbowl game on (so sad Pats :-( ).