Blogs from Guanajuato, Mexico, North America - page 9

Got up yesterday morning and headed to the small town of Dolores Hildago a small but very busy town about an hour away. This is the town where the Mexicans won their independence from Spain steeped in important history for the Mexican people. Also compared to SMA it is more a town the Mexicans visit. In fact we spoke with some Mexican Americans from San Diego and they were not even going to SMA. Dolores is a bustling town with a million ice cream stands it seems on every corner all with at least 10 choices of very tasty ice cream. The Jardin square was very pretty and surrounded by yes you guessed it Churches. The main church was busy with some sort of very large service going on so was unable to go into it ... read more

Hey everyone hope you all had a Christmas Day! Rick and I did a lot of walking and people watching in the Zocola. The place was crawling with people from all over Mexico and tourists too. Started out to be warm today so feeling much better about that even though you won't catch me without a coat close by. Walked by some gringos and heard her saying about how chilled she was and her son said "Well at least it isn't raining!' Amen to that they must have been from Oregon/Washington LOL Anyway can't wait until some of the festivities are over and we will start exploring the outside areas around SMA but for now so much to see right here. Last night we attended the Christams Posada at the neighbors. People started arriving about 8:00pm. ... read more

We made it to San Miguel! Well we finally made it to our destination in SMA! After flying into Mexico City Airport we managed to find the bus to Quertero very easy. After clearing customs we just walked out made a right and followed the signs to the bus very easy. Managed to get on a luxury bus in about 10 minutes and off we went. It costs about 22 US each. The bus was very nice and comfortable. However after reaching Querteo someone told us to cross the street better to have said make a right and go to terminla B. But we walked a bit until someone helped us back to station where we managed to get on the last leg of and hour drive to SMA. So for all you people who fly ... read more

We decided to get up a bit earlier that morning to catch the bus to Guanajuato. We had, without too much coaxing, happily fallen into the habit of sleeping until 10. The standard practice is to ask the hostel staff if they can call a taxi for you. By a happy coincidence, there was a German bloke also about to leave, and the lady had already called a taxi. He was happy to split a cab, which was lucky as the fare was likely to be a bit over 100 pesos. The German bloke didn't say much but seemed nice enough. The fare turned out to be 120 pesos, and in the spirit of international relations we offered to split it 3 ways so he only had to pay a third. He handed money to me, ... read more

- Sue - We were lucky and tickets to the Ballet Folklorico were still available. We bought tickets for ourselves and for Alejandra and her 2 year old, Amanda, so they could join us. It's a good thing we got tickets since the free section was packed and overflowing. The show was a wonder to see. And once again, Amanda was a sweetheart. She had the best time and couldn't take her eyes off of either the dancing or the crowd. I think she'll grow up to be an excellent dancer herself. The show started with the Aztecs and some of their dances and progressed through history with European style dancing of the early Spanish and French settlers. After an intermission, it continued with many of the typical Mexican dances that we see performed at Ballet ... read more