Hotel Mansion Virreyes, San Miguel |
Inside the hotel |
My room |
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Washbowl with skylight |
El Jardín (Plaza Allende) |
La Parroquia & statue of founder |
La Parroquia (parish church) at night |
Nan and Marie |
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The mayor of San Miguel being videotaped |
Allende Institute (of art & language) |
Stirling Dickinson, founder of the Institute |
The courtyard with mural of David Leonardo |
depicting the history of Mexico |
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View of Parroquia from the Allende Institute |
A local church |
Wood carvings from Oaxaca |
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View of the Parroquia from lookout point |
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The public library, a social center |
Courtyard of the public library |
A reading room off the courtyard |
Gabriela and Judy in the library gift shop |
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Nan in the biblioteca café |
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Door of former mansion of Canal family |
Querétaro, the famous aqueduct with 78 arches |
Former convent, Santa Cruz |
A friar is our guide |
The friar |
Underground of the former convent |
Water was stored here |
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Another former convent, now museum |
Waiting for the mini-bus in Querétaro |
Montezuma |
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Street in Querétaro |
Regional museum, also ex-convent |
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Village of Atotonilco, monastery and |
sanctuary known for 18th century frescoes |
Talavera pottery |
Roadside monument to 4 Mexican heroes |
Church in Dolores Hidalgo |
where Father Miguel Hidalgo declared |
independence from Spain in 1810 |
Town square in Dolores Hidalgo |
famous for its ice cream of many flavors |
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We chanced upon a wedding |
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House near Santa Rosa pottery |