| Have you ever been to a place and said to yourself, | | | | and was declared a National Monument in 1926. |
| this is it! This is where I want to be! This is where I | | | | While we were visiting we found a place to rent. |
| want to live? Well that is what happened to us when | | | | Then we went home and moved all of our belongings |
| we spent a week, in San Miguel de Allende. | | | | to San Miguel de Allende. |
| We had explored Mexico, extensively. We had | | | | I really enjoy riding ATVs to the Las Grutas or |
| traveled all over Mexico, all the great beach towns, | | | | Taboada hot springs and lay by their pools and order |
| Ixtapa, Puerta Vallerta, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, the | | | | great food and Margaritas or beer brought to me |
| big cities, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Oaxaca, the small | | | | poolside. In the evenings we get together with |
| towns, we had been everywhere. We had even | | | | friends and dine at one of the many restaurants in |
| been to Guanajuato a few times but never to San | | | | San Miguel de Allende. Afterwards we enjoy a stroll |
| Miguel de Allende. | | | | through the Jardin Principal, and listen to the Mariachis, |
| Then we decided to spend a week in San Miguel. | | | | while gazing upwards at the beautiful and wondrous |
| After just three days, we knew, this was THE place | | | | Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel. At night, I never |
| we had been searching for. | | | | tire of looking at La Parroquia with the lights shining |
| San Miguel de Allende has culture, beauty, great | | | | on the pink sandstone and its looming gothic towers. |
| restaurants, friendly people, lots of history, beautiful | | | | Iglesia San Rafael, otherwise known as Santa |
| colonial architecture, temperate climate and we could | | | | Esquela- sits to the left of the Parroquia. It is |
| be at the beach within a day's drive or a short flight | | | | beautiful as well. To me, it looks like the Tower of |
| from the nearby Leon or Quertero airports. Also the | | | | London. |
| daily living expense, in Mexico is very reasonable. | | | | Many people come to San Miguel for the art galleries |
| What more could you ask for? (Did I mention cobble | | | | and art schools such as Instituto Allende but don't |
| stone streets?) | | | | forget about the wonderful cooking schools as well. |
| No wonder it is called the jewel of colonial Mexico | | | | |