Friday 12.21 San Miguel

The people are so beautful, warm and kind. everyone has been open and friendly. (mysteriously some dont want their pictures taken... so, you wont see those people. some others aren´t exactly asked so they are implicitly granting their permission.)
around the church you can find some people asking for a helping hand. i dont think they have welfare or social security here.
the burros - donkeys with wood walked up the street just outside my hotel door yesterday about 5pm. i was just stepping into the doorway when they turned the corner and i caught this shot. then the little girl wagon train driver insisted i owed her money for the photo writes to her ass... OK. no problem-o. i´ll pay my way.
a shot of the famous Aztec soup. its to die for. that´s a jalapeno on top for some flavor, or you can remove it to your own taste. (i took a bite of it and it´s pretty spicey)
Merry Xmas to all. i´ll try to write more later. got a very VERY late start today. Ruth invited me to attend her Tango lessons this morning at 11:30, so i ´worked´on the computer till then. now i´m meeting up with Alex and Janet who i met at breakfast. they are here from new zealand looking to buy a place. i invited myself house shopping with them in hopes of getting inside some of these old walls and seeing what a $million US will buy these days. he´s a banker and she´s a mom.

Happy Holiday. xo skip

San Miguel 12.20

Hotel La Mansion del Basque.

a wedding in the church.

THUR. 12.20

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Well im keeping exactly to my schedule. Have gotten a Siesta every day! Had such a nice rest yesterday I almost missed the sunset shot I was after…

Not much planned. Another trip down through the Jardin for lunch. I found a little patio sitting on the square that has the BEST Aztec soup. (I would call it tortilla soup) it´s about $7us for a large bowl and a beer. (cerveza) lots of people watching down there on the main Jardin.


After lunch I will walk north UP until I can see over the city. Take some shots then stroll down to my siesta. Have met some nice folks at the ´´shared´´ dinner via the hotel. (at the Xmas holiday rate your breakfast and dinner are included with the room rate, which is higher because it´s Xmas) a group of 9 ppl traveling as a group left today. So, they all went out last night on the town leaving just Ruth and I alone to share a table and some nice quiet time and conversation. She came down here to study art in the 60´s and never left. Oh, from Memphis, tnn.


Here are some photos. Promise to try and pick more. But, since i´m so darn busy it´s tough to work this into my schedule.


Sunny and warm again today. It´s cool in the early morning when you first wake. Today was 6:30am so I could go through some photos and get ready for my day. I lit the little deathtrap heater till after my shower. Making sure to get it turned off! Then left the windows open because about 11am it heats up. It´s almost short weather between 1p and 5p, then it cools off again. By 9p it´s cool enough for a light sweater. It´s 11am now and warm on the sunny side of the street. If you heat up, you cross to the shade. (like a lizard you self regulate) also, I had a lady stop me on the street yesterday. ¨¨sir you are looking pink.¨¨ so I am wearing my spf45 today.


That´s about it. Had huevos Mexican today for breakfast and for dinner it was Corn beef and Cabbage. I asked Ruth if they ever cook ´mexican´food. ¨¨well skip, it´s all grown in mexico and cooked in mexico, so it´s all Mexican food.¨¨ who can argue with that?


Gotta run now before it gets too hot and I bore you to death. It´s prime people watching time. Maybe I need to change my internet time to later in the day instead of now…


Happy Holiday.

Skip


Ps. They are playing the soothing sounds of Rod Stewart and the big band here in the Net Café today. It´s so interesting to hear what they will be enjoying. No Mexican music yet.