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February 25, SMA
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Our last morning at Casa de Nueva Esperanza we wake, pack, clean, breakfast, say farewell to the parrots, and get a taxi that miraculously accomodates the three of us and our (physical) baggage and check into the Hotel la Mansion… Continue reading
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February 24 SMA
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This was Saturday market day. Not David’s cup of tea so he had a day to himself while Debra and Cynthia visited the organic market and an art market. As with other days, Debra had her favorites to visit. First… Continue reading
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February 23, San Miguel de Allende
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Up, eat and grab a cab to centro SMA for a guided tour that gathers under the beautifully trimmed trees in the square in front of the Parroquia. Our guide, Dali (no relation), who graduated from the university in Guanajuato,… Continue reading
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February 22, Guanajuato
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French-press cafe, eggs and bacon served early at our casa by yours truly fuel the early morning ride we booked with Jorge, our guide for the day, to the one-hour-away silver-mining mecca of Guanajuato, a much larger city with a… Continue reading
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February 21, SMA
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Cynthia woke feeling much better but now David was suffering. So, Debra and Cynthia left him home and went to visit some of the shops that are part of Debra’s traditional itinerary. Before going to Debra’s lunch destination we headed… Continue reading
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February 20, SMA
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Beverly, an absolute trooper, is picking us up at 9 a.m. to take us on a curated tour an hour outside SMA, of El Charco del Ingenio, a 170-acre botanical preserve, basically an area purchased and donated by Federico Gamma… Continue reading
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February 19 San Miguel de Allende
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Frank and Kathleen left wonderful French roast beans for our coffee and we figure out the appliances easily enough that we have a nice “breaky” with the pastries we brought from Ciuidad Mexico. While waiting for the french press to… Continue reading
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February 18, San Miguel de Allende
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Our ride four hours northwest to San Miguel de Allende — SMA, wink, wink — will gather us at 1:00 so we wake late, pack, leave our bags at the front desk, and stroll the colonia (neighborhood). We brunch outside,… Continue reading
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February 17 Mexico City
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Despite Quetzalcoatl’s ingenious campaign to prevent us from seeing the Rivera murals in the Palacio Nacional — he leagues with Tlaloc, the god of water, to bring a chill wind and heavy rains upon his flock this morning — we… Continue reading
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February 16 Mexico City
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David dresses in the chilly early morning, gulps cafe and vitamins in the sweet dining room with a French couple who pretend to understand what he says, and a tasty crumpet from London who’s here for two months and DOES… Continue reading
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February 15 Mexico City
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The three of us woke early and skipped breakfast so we could ride our pre-arranged cab to the Anthropology Museum where, 45 minutes before it was to open, we waited in a long line on a large entrance plaza. On… Continue reading
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February 13 Mexico City
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After getting the obligatory duty-free Hendricks for ourselves and a brick of chocolate as a thank you for the concierge of our Mexico City hotel, and a few bebidas libre on Delta flight 602 from Atlanta, Debra Mattice, Cynthia and… Continue reading
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