Thursday, July 24, 2008

Vacation to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

I just got back from a beautiful, fun, and yet relaxing vacation in San Miguel. It is a picturesque, relaxing, fun, and culturally rich place. Rachel and I were there for 5 days visiting Jennifer. Jennifer has stayed for the month taking Spanish language classes and MaryEllen has joined her for the last 2 weeks of the vacation. We got to do some shopping in the market area, hike up to the scenic look out, enjoy the outdoor film festival. It was so cool--the film festival was showing a Bollywood type film with English captions. We also visited the botanical garden and a hot springs. The botanical garden was absolutely beautiful, but the hot springs were disappointing. We also toured the city and enjoyed the nightlife. The nightlife was so different (or I am just getting older), but they bar didn't start swinging until about 12:00 am. I learned to salsa, merengue, norteno, and even do a Mexican line dance (which was hilarious it was so easy!), but the best was learning the cumbia. It was hard but I finally got it. It was great....the bar asked us to join them again on Saturday, where they reserved a table for us and even dedicated the night to the "ladies from Texas." I got some major shopping deals while I was there. There was so much I wanted I couldn't decide what to buy, but I am happy with my purchases. It was frustrating figuring out how I was going to get it all home, but luckily I did with barely any damages! The best thing I got was a finger leash for Sam. Now he has to go where ever I pull him. Every wife needs one for their husband!

I had to leave Sam at home for this one since he had to work, and I am sure he feels like he missed out....maybe next year! Jennifer is planning to go back. I'll start saving my money.





1 comment:

Candace Hickey said...

WOW! Awesome pics! I am glad you had a relaxing time...FYI..Steve surprised me last night...we are going with our children to Colorada at the end of August. We are driving! Wish us luck.