San Miguel de Allende is like a beautifully refined woman with bright red lipstick. I think of her as the lady in red. There was a time, though, around the beginning of the last century, when this lady had few admirers. Enter then, in the late 1930’s and 1940’s, artists and writers from far away […]
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On the road from Guanajuato to San Miguel de Allende the land undulates with cattle ranches and small villages. Cactus, some budding with fruit, was plentiful. I had a strong urge to get out and wander and explore. I imagined picking the fruit from the cacti just as I picked apples this summer from our
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Years ago I cut out a travel article about two flowered and color washed cities: Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende. I knew that someday I would go to both of those cities. Someday came last December. We arrived to the center of town from the airport in our taxi, emerging from one of the
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All paths in Guanajuato begin, then lead back to this one rather modestly sized garden, El Jardin de la Union. It is a focal point of the city. Certainly we began and ended all of our adventures in Guanajuato there, as our hotel faced the garden. I don’t think I could write an account of
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Visiting Guanajuato wouldn’t have been complete without visiting the local markets and neighborhoods. So we were off to exploring the neighborhoods of Guanajuato again on our second day there. This time we were headed out to Mercado Hidalgo. This was a Saturday and you could feel the energy people have when the weekend arrives. Mercado
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Our first full day in Guanajuato we knew just what we wanted to do. We would get up in those surrounding hills and start exploring the neighborhoods of Guanajuato! I thought that visiting El Pipila would be the first step. Like him, we could have a great view from high above the city. It was
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Dolores Hidalgo! The town where the Mexican War of Independence from Spain was declared in 1810! That is reason enough for a visit! But I have to be truthful and admit that this is also where pottery is made. And I, for one, have always loved Mexican pottery. So we put aside one day, woke
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