Thursday, June 14, 2012

San Miguel de Allende and Atontinilco


San Miguel and Atontinilco

We spent Sunday, our first full day in San Miguel,exploring the city a bit, mostly the center of town, the jardin. We went to church in the gothic style church on the square, and then watched some dancing in the square, including danzon.

Monday we took a cab to Atontinilco, a pilgrimage place and part of the world heritage site of San Miguel de Allende and Atontinilco. Atontinilco is a few miles outside of San Miguel de Allende. Richard recalls the church and murals as in poor repair, but there has been a tremendous amount of work in the last few years, and the murals are glowing.

We then went to the hot springs at “La Gruta”, near Atontinilco. Since it was a weekday, the place was quiet and pleasant. We ate there, and then entered the man made tunnel and cave, where the water was quite warm. We took a bus back to San Miguel, and then a taxi to our B&B.

We attended a danzon class downtown, and then went for dinner at Ten Ten Pie.

Tuesday we had planned to go to Guanajuato, but Eileen did not feel well, so we took the opportunity to get some business done. We had dinner again in Posaditas rooftop restaurant.


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