Blogs from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America - page 10

After months of planing, emotions, blood, sweat and tears...we have made it to our casita in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. But before my first impressions and experiences, I want to share with you what happened on the last days on US soil. It was hard to say good-bye to our apartment in the Lower Haight. We started our lives together there and it will always live in my memory as one of the places that I grew into who I am today. With lots of stress that doesn't need to be repeated as far as cleaning and getting every item out of there by the 30th, we left it in great condition and received our FULL deposit back. That night, our friends wanted to throw us another going away party. It was so wonderful ... read more

On a recent trip to San Miguel de Allende I read about www.travelblog.org in a magazine. I love to travel and I love to write (although, normally just for myself!) so I thought, why not? I haven't been to tons of places but I'll write/journal/blog about my experiences so far. I hope that they are useful and insightful and I look forward to reading about everyone else's experiences and discovering new places. More to come, Stephanie ... read more

Closing in on One Year Hi everybody. It’s been awhile since we checked in. What can I say? Life is so relaxing and beautiful down here we couldn’t drag ourselves to the computer to give you an update. We have been here for 8 months now and it’s been absolutely great. San Miguel has carved itself into our list of favorites. Now it reads, favorite city: Paris, favorite country: Thailand, favorite place to live: San Miguel de Allende. Between the culture, the weather and the friends we have made, this place is very hard to leave and some of our friends have been scheming to keep us here. Our initial plan was just to be here for a couple of months and then go to Argentina. Then we were introduced to a very sweet house sitting ... read more

So yesterday was one of the strangest days at Casa Ayuda. It started off very fun and normal. We went to the ranch that Alicia’s family owns. It’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s set right on a river, which is absolutely beautiful. I waded in the river, some of the kids swam, we skipped rocks, we sun bathed. It was really a good time. Then we go home. There was a Guatemalan lady at Casa Ayuda, she was nice. She had lived in the US in Minneapolis (actually, it turns out right down the road from where my grandma used to live). She spoke broken English and wouldn’t speak to me in Spanish. I really had no idea what she was saying most of the time. Anyways, she is married to an abusive husband who is from the ... read more

I had the kids over last night. ALL of them. We were 15 in total, ranging rom 5 to 22. My apartment is completly trashed, with crumbs, baseball caps, and little toys. It was a fun night. My neighbor who lives down stairs who is the son of the land lady and who is autistic ended up in my apartment beacuse the kids had the door open. It was quite a suprise, he ending up taking my empty box of Trix cereal with him. The night was fun, but it was certinaly different then what I was used to. The composition of the house is completly different than it used to be, most of the kids are teenagers. We have an 11 year old girl, two 12 year old girls and a 13 year old girl. ... read more