Saturday, November 12, 2022

November 7, Monday A day in San Miguel de Allende

 

At breakfast we have a group meeting.  We break the news that the Butterfly reserve is closed.  We tell about several options.  Everyone agrees that they would really like to do something with nature.  Going to another colonial city is more of the same.  With that information, Juan and I go to the drawing board.  There are hot springs in the direction of the butterfly reserves and there are waterfalls in Uruapan (back past Morelia).  We think we can do both of those if we stay overnight at the hot springs. 

So on with the day.  Juan does an optional walking tour while I do more checking on alternative plans for tomorrow.  After the walking tour, I meet up with Michelle.  We have lunch in the market and poke around in the mercado artisanal.  Michelle would like to find an animal mask.  We have a quest.  After many stalls, stores, galleries, we think we may have found a good one.  It is at the very top of a very tall display.  The woman finds a ladder.  Finds the extension tool to be able to reach further.  Stretch!  Stretch!  Oh no!  It’s tumbling down!  It doesn’t break and Michelle likes it.  Quest complete.  That calls for some ice cream in the park.  I head back to the hotel and Michelle continues poking around.  Several hours later, people gather in the courtyard of the hotel sharing purchases and stories.  The others rave about the restaurant where they had lunch.  About the hat salesman who wore a stack of hats about 10 feet high and how he sold 4 hats to people in our group.  They all look very spiffy!









Dinner is at a terrace restaurant.  I made reservations but didn’t go up to look at it.  What? There isn’t an elevator to take us up there and it is like 4 flights up?  The call of dinner is enough to get us all up there.  The view is nice and the food was good too. 









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