Sunday 26th June - Zacatecas We catch our bus to Leon OK and make the connection with the Zacatecas bus. It is not a long trip and it is a beautiful afternoon. When booking the hostel I had given expected arrival as 6pm. We walked through the doorway of the Hostal Villa Colonial at 6, to be greeted with 'Ah, the English, punctual as ever' from Ernesto the manager. He was very friendly and had an excellent command of English. We settled in and met John, a retired ex-pat who spends quite a lot of his time in Mexico, but also Florida and other places. He showed us the town centre (stone's throw from the hostel) and left us to find somewhere to eat. Maybe because it was Sunday, we found very few places open and
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