Thurs Feb 5.

When I post a bunch of days at the same time, they don't come up in the correct order. On the 5th we took a bus to San Miguel Allende, the taxi driver couldn't understand where we were going when we said bus, the correct pronunciaton is booooos. The ride was about an hour. When you first come into any town here the drive from the airport or bus station kind of makes on wonder what kind of a town you are in. the industrial and edges of every town are shabby with lots of grafitti on the buildings, but once you are into the historic districts it is much nicer. When we went into the lobby of our hotel Posada Carmina in San Miguel the courtyard was full of people having lunch at tables with umbrellas. They were a bunch of old grey haired ladies, looked like a convention of the Republican Ladies club. thankfully we didn't see them again. The courtyard is beautiful with blooming vines and orange trees. Our room is on the second floor with a veranda around the courtyard.

This is a beautiful well preseved city from the 1500-1600 build with silver mining money but not a mining town. Our hotel is 1/2 block from the central plaza and the large cathedral. The crowd here is mostly North American retirees seeking winter sun. There are the ususal vendors and beggars around the square in costume. When we started walking around the further from the nice hotels the fewer white faces. The first afternoon we took a trolly tour of the area with a guide that spoke English. We went up to the large park and to an overlook.