Our plans, decisions, and adventures
After Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos, life in San Miguel de Allende (SMA) settled down to a pleasant pace. We were house sitting in a three-level-plus-rooftop home a short walk from el centro, the historic town center. Our charge was an oh-so-easy-to-care-for meowless (but purrful) senior cat. Other than keeping her well fed and... Continue Reading →
What a weekend of colour! Halloween We arrived back in San Miguel de Allende just in time to see how Halloween was celebrated. We had been told that candy is distributed in Jardin Allende so we walked up at dusk to check it out. Since Halloween is the day before Día de Muertos (Day of... Continue Reading →
With five days between house sits in San Miguel de Allende, we headed to Guanajuato, about 1 1/2 hours away by bus. We booked four nights in an AirBnB just off of Plaza San Fernando, one of two main plazas in the city. Guanajuato is built up into the hills on two sides of a... Continue Reading →
We just finished up a house sit in San Miguel de Allende (SMA). We were to be there for five days, take a week elsewhere, and then return to San Miguel for a different, much longer sit. Our plans changed a little when our homeowner invited us to attend an event with her the day... Continue Reading →
As well as being a beautiful colonial city, Querétaro was a city of surprises for us. Every time we walked through Jardin Zinea we were delighted by something new. We already mentioned the street food festival we happened upon. We returned the next night and found that, in addition to the food festival still set... Continue Reading →
We are spending a week in Querétaro and will have more to say about this beautiful colonial city in another post. This one is about a day trip we took and the delicious surprise that awaited us on our return. Vino & queso tour We are spending longer than we really need to in Querétaro,... Continue Reading →
The last half of our week in Mexico City was, thankfully, a little slower paced. Though we walked our tushes off exploring neighbourhoods and parks. First up was Condesa, the neighbourhood next to ours (Roma Norte). There is a bit of a blurry line between Roma Norte and Condesa, and the two are often referred... Continue Reading →
Day 1: Arrival After a 5:30 am arrival time, we had expected to drag our luggage through the streets for several hours waiting for our apartment to be ready for check-in, but our kind AirBnB host made the apartment available to us by 6:00 am. We thought we might need to wait at the airport... Continue Reading →
The time has come for another adventure, and México is calling. We have been house sitting (a third-time-repeat sit) in Oliver, BC, the self-proclaimed Wine Capital of Canada. After our driving tour of Utah, we were looking forward to staying put and sorting out our travel plans for the next many months. And, other than... Continue Reading →
Artie has been put to bed and we probably won't see him again until at least next summer. Here are a few statistics about our Utah loop road trip. Road stats: 7,676 km (4,770 miles) The following calculations are gathered from our fuel log and not based on exact mileage driven start to finish: Volume... Continue Reading →
After our no-shower days in Yellowstone National Park, I was determined to book a campground with showers. Using our Passport America app and discount, we found a well-reviewed place in White Sulphur Springs, about 1 ½ hours south of Great Falls, Montana. The campground had no shade trees to speak of, but it was clean,... Continue Reading →
Just left: Ajijic, Mexico
Now: Guadalajara, Mexico
Up next: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
