06-APR-2008
Straight streets...
Streets are straighter in San Miguel de Allende than in Guanajuato.
06-APR-2008
... but hills here, too.
Hiking up to the Mirador. This street was busy, and we found some steps that led us to a great view, but it wasn't the Mirador, the viewpoint above town. We found it, though.
06-APR-2008
Mirador
View from the Mirador, the lookout above town.
Less hilly than Guanajuato, but you can get a workout if you like.
06-APR-2008
The spring
The original mission was about 5 km away. Brother Miguel's dogs ran away and he found them here, at a spring "El Chorro." This site was so much better than the mission's that the whole shebang moved here.
06-APR-2008
Church interior
Parroquia de San Miguel Archangel -- interior.
We caught a city bus back to the intercity bus station and then rode back to Guanajuato. We sprung for a first class bus, which had no intermediate stops and a 1.5 hour ride. Then a city bus back into central Guanajuato.
07-APR-2008
This is how a mining baron lived
Monday morning we took a city bus out to the Ex-Hacienda San Gabriel de Barrera. It was the home of someone related to the first mining magnate of Guanajuato. The home is from the late 1600's but the gardens (the first couple of photos) are from 1945. They actually processed mining ore on the grounds before that!
07-APR-2008
JB in the Mexican garden. It has a cross in the center. Guanajuato is full of religious symbols, wherever you turn.
07-APR-2008
The fountain in the Italian garden, my favorite.
07-APR-2008
Take the gold out of petty cash
You'd expect the chapel of a gold and silver mining baron to have a golden altar, no?
07-APR-2008
Dining room
Dining with the upper crust.
07-APR-2008
Too frilly?
Too frilly or in decent taste? I report, you decide.
