RVing in Mexico with Raymondo y Marsia - 1012

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Hoy, Jueves, (today, Thursday), we caught the bus to Queretaro (pronounced keh-REH-tah-roh) for the day. It is nice when Ray can enjoy the scenery too. Mexican buses are clean, comfortable, efficient, cheap and have on-board bathrooms. (I can’t vouch for them.)

We loved Queretaro. It is a big city with just under a million residents but all of the attractions are within walking distance of “el centro”. Although Queretaro is one the historical colonial cities, they have replaced their cobblestone sidewalks and streets with pedestrian/vehicle friendly stone slabs. Unlike many Mexican cities, the sidewalks are wide enough for two couples to meet and pass without one couple stepping off the curb.

Traffic seemed relaxed and drivers politely allowed pedestrians to cross the street.

At lunch, we chatted with Mario who told us, in excellent English, that he hoped to attend college to study wine making. Mario had been an exchange student in Ontario, Canada for two years. (“It was so cold he couldn’t go outside for six months of the year.”) His two options for English language wine classes are Birmingham, England and U.C. Davis (near Sacramento). We encouraged him to come to California for all the right reasons, weather, Spanish speakers, familiar food, proximity to home and opportunities to work in the wine industry.

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Photos

Shops along one street specialized in wedding and quinceanera dresses.
This was my favorite.

Straw lady.
We don’t know what the significance of the straw lady is but thot she was kinda cool.

Casa de Los Corregimiento.
This is the former mansion belonging to Dona Josefa Ortiz “La Corregidora” (mayor’s wife) and her husband.
They were in on the plotting for Mexican Independence. Dona Josefa is the more famous because it is she who, while under house arrest, alerted Ignacio Allende and Father Miguel Hidalgo of their impending arrest.

Comments

[Carol]

quinceanera dresses
hi, I was just in Queretaro a month ago and I saw these beautiful dresses in this same shop. I didn't write down the name of the shop. Do you by any chance have the name or address of this place?

[LunaSea]

Quinceanera Dresses
Hi Carol, Actually those photos were taken of window displays in several shops along one street. I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of the street but I think you could google quinceanera dresses Queretaro and get some good results. We live in San Jose. There are shops here selling similiar gowns.