Driving Around Central Mexico

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Monday, 10 April 1995 - Extended our stay in San Miguel de Allende falling in love with its narrow cobbled streets, handsome churches, and opulent colonial mansions. Enjoyed dinner at a Mexican restaurant with live jazz and a lively singer straight from New Orleans, wandered plazas and historic buildings including the Paseo del Chorro where the town began at a water spring, browsed local boutiques and antique shops, soaked up the town's traditional charm blended with a cosmopolitan air, and relaxed in the beautiful hotel courtyard surrounded by flowering bougainvillea.

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San Miguel de Allende is a delightful colonial town filled with opulent mansions and handsome churches, all connected by narrow cobbled streets. Now it is a very popular destination, once an important crossroads for mule trains carrying silver and gold to the capital. There are many Americans living there so the town combines traditional charm with a cosmopolitan air. We went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant where we were serenaded by a jazz band and singer straight out of New Orleans.

This is the church right off the main plaza
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This is the interior of a casa and the beautiful plazas surrounded by the rooms of the house.

A quiet place that was hard to picture in the desert setting was the Paseo del Chorro - The Water Spring - A unique park where San Miguel originated due to the water discovered there in the 16th century.

San Miguel has become renowned for the Escuela de Bellas Artes - an art school in a former convent. Many American students come for classes and stay on in San Miguel.
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There are many mansions in San Miguel because of its role in the Silver mining as a city on the trail to Mexico City. This is an example of the doors to a residence.
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We were only planning on staying in San Miguel for one day but fell in love with the town and our hotel and extended for an additional day. There is plenty to do from new boutiques to antique shops to the beautiful gardens.
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