Guanajuato and San Miguel Allende (part 2 of 3)

Hola everyone. Joel and Janice are now in Tonala on a Sunday morning where shopping is king. More of that later.

Wednesday March 21 we got on a Primera Plus bus to ride to Guanajuato. In Mexico, bus riding is a pleasant experience. The seats are comfortable and the leg room is great and they even padded leg rests. When you get on the bus each person is given a bottle of water and a small snack. The costs was about $15.50 US for the round trip.

                                     

When we reached Guanajuato we got a cab from the bus station to the center of the old town. We drove through underground streets that were like tunnels carved in stone. It turned out that the pope was scheduled to spend from Friday to Sunday in Guanajuato so the town was crowded already. We were able to tour Diego Rivera's childhood home and museum. Janice has a couple of his prints of him and his Frida. We enjoyed walking around the old town and had a nice lunch on Jardin de la Union. We caught the 6:00 PM bus back to San Miguel Allende. We were glad we missed the pope as this city didn't have the space to comfortably handle the hoards of people and traffic snarls.

One of the highlights was strolling through the Diego Rivera Museum.

 The colorful dots spread throughout the hill sides of Guanajato.

Thursday was art day for us in San Miguel Allende. We walked to The Aurorra Galleries. This was a large place with many galleries and active studios. Janice walked most of the galleries and studios and talked with many of the artists. There were many classes going on and many others scheduled. I suspect Janice would spend a lot of time there if we decided to spend summer there. We had a great Sushi lunch at the Aurora. Friday we explored other galleries in the nooks and crannies of San Miguel Allende and then had a going away dinner at a Louisiana resturant that was true to it's name. This was good food cooked well.

Saturday morning we loaded up the van and said goodbye to San Miguel Allende. It was a great to visit and our hotel was great, great room, great service and a good value. We doubt that this is the place we would spend summers as we would miss the water and would like to be closer to Mazatlan in case we needed to make a short trip home. Next blog will be on the Shopping Mecca of Tonala and the Lake Chapala town of Ajijic. (Part 3)

For now,
Ducky and Lovie