FEBRUARY 20-21, 2012: It took us a little less than an hour to drive to San Miguel de Allende. I enjoyed the sceneries of the savannas with agave tress scattered every where on a rocky terrain that sprawled along the way. Unlike last night when we left Mexico City at 2100H where in I couldn't appreciate the sceneries because it was dark.
The drive to San Miguel de Allende was a little lonely and boring because we have to take a dirt road hinted to us by the guard at the golf course when we felt we missed our exit at Highway 57 and we have to separate from the main highway because the way there is not close to the highway.
We arrived there at around 1510H and we stopped a little bit at the hill near the mouth of the town. We saw the sprawling town from there and it was very beautiful and awesome at dusk when the sun starts to set in. The famous pink church can be seen from there and we enjoyed the view so much.
The road going to the downtown was hilly and it was bumpy because of the cobbled stone set-up of the major roads around the town. Most of the road were narrow and in one direction so we have to drive slow to hit the right one and not get loss again.
There were no stop lights either in each road and the drivers were given the responsibility to gave way at each other. The streets were also narrow and the stucco houses were of the same colors of either yellow or brick red. The town appears humologous with those colors. It was very beautiful to look at. Very different from Queretaro that we roamed around earlier today.
I told Ricky to stop at the Cathedral so that I can take a picture of it while the sun is still out then we headed to look for a hotel. We drove uphill and found a beautiful and affordable bed and breakfast hotel three blocks from the plaza near the Cathedral.
We checked in at the hotel and left our things in the room then we started to roam around the town on foot not wasting our precious time. We've noticed there were a lot of Europeans, Canadians, and Americans there close to retirable age. They were scattered all over roaming the beautiful and laid back town of San Miguel de Allende.
Ricky told me that there were a lot of those in San Miguel de Allende and some of them had bought properties and chose to live there because of the nice weather and strategic place of the town in the middle of Mexico.
We continued ambling around and checked some of the famous structures, parks, and churches around. There was also a festival being held right now there and we can see in the plaza that there were a lot of Easter Eggs being sold by the dozens and some children were running and screaming at each other throwing those hallow eggs shells stuffed with confetti at each other. We enjoyed our walk so far until we didn't notice that it was already 2100H.
We went back to our hotel and then took a warm shower and went to sleep for tomorrow we will be roaming the downtown again on foot. We had a long day and we deserved a good night's rest.
The next morning we woke up at around 0700H and readied ourselves for a small trek at the restaurant where we are going to have our breakfast courtesy of Casa Quetzal, the hotel we are staying at.
We walked the cobbled stone streets of San Miguel de Allende on this very beautiful cold morning. There were children walking on the streets along with their parents who accompanied them to school and there were office staffs also driving their cars in order to catch up the morning hours at the office.
As we ambled towards the restaurant we were enjoying the sights of the houses and buildings along the roads and also took pictures of it for my online albums. I appreciated the view greatly at this time of the morning compared to the twilight we witnessed last night when arrived.
We can't find the Menso Restaurant as mapped by the receptionist at Casa Quetzal but after a long search Ricky had found it on the next block different from what was been plotted on the map.
We ordered our breakfast and enjoyed it so much. I ordered an egg-over-easy on top of a fried corn tortilla and drench with a green tomatillo and red tomato sauce. It was heavenly and I ate it with gusto not leaving any trickle of the red and green sauce on the plate. If it is okay to lick the plate I will gladly lick it right there and then.
The four variety of fruits with yogurt and cottage cheese sprinkled with granolas and roasted sesame seeds was also the bomb. And the coffee and the orange-papaya juice was very refreshing. We were stuffed after that not able to walk well back to Casa Quetzal to retrieve our stuff and checked out.
We left San Miguel de Allende at around 1100H and then we continued our trip to Guanajuato, which is almost one hour drive from San Miguel de Allende.
Well, our experiences at San Miguel de Allende was also a religious pilgrimage which was very memorable to me. I got to see the famous corral pink church of San Miguel de Allende and I got to visit some of it's beautiful places of historical importance. It was nice to stay there for quite a while and we had so much fun looking at the children throwing empty eggs with confetti and breaking them at each other's heads
Please read on for my other adventures at Guanajuato. Thank you very much for taking time to read my blogs. I am trying my best to recall all my memorable experiences and I hope you all enjoyed it. Sorry for the delayed blogs though. "Adios, mi amigos mi amigas. Via con Dios!"
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