This city is visited by many tourists and many Americans live here. Much English can be heard in the streets and restaurants. We also heard Quebec French in a restaurant here. Most of the streets are very narrow and, at two feet wide, the sidewalks were designed for single file pedestrian traffic. To be sure there are many shops as well as street corner vendors. Some landmark scenes follow ...
The city of course is dominated by church buildings.
The city has numerous art galleries with many forms of local art for sale. Here's my photo of Carol, Dan & Heather in one of them ...
In this place I found a charming painting of an apple. The artist's name is Valenzuela. The painting's combination of realism and simplicity caught my eye, and my iPhone caught the image. Well done!
We lunched at a quaint restaurant where the waiter took our picture ...
Needless to say, one eats well in Mexico and portions are generous. I saw Aztec soup on the menu and ordered it because of the utterly delicious bowl I had in Ixtapa last year just before leaving. The Aztec soup here was different, quite good but not at all like what they serve in Ixtapa which had sent my heart spiraling into the heavenly splendor of bursting gratitude for the gift of such an outstanding recipe. In other words, I *really* liked the Ixtapa variety.
Dan needed a new hat before the warmer and sunnier weather returns. He found what he was after and here he is looking a little like Wyatt Earp.
Before leaving this city we were treated to a parade in the main square. Men on horses rode by followed by an older couple dressed as though it was their wedding day. They were followed by a brass band. But it was not a wedding. It was a celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.
The stars of the parade.
It was all very impressive and although it does not happen to be my style, we wish them all the best.
On the way back we stopped where the view of San Miguel was spread out at our feet.
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What a beautiful city this is. It is located deep in a valley, so the ride down from high altitude to Centro is spectacular. Vibrant colours are everywhere and the architecture outstanding. A real feast for the eyes. Bought some fab shoes.😃
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