Allie’s new home in Mexico. It’s on the second floor.(exterior view)
The street where she’ll be living.
A door knocker.
You’re kidding, right?
Church interior 1
Church interior 2
Interior 3
Stained glass detail
The interesting little cactus-plant in our window planter.
The utterly useless map to the glassblowing factory.
August 12th
(Rebecca)
Today was the first day that we didn’t feel obliged to take care of any particular tasks during the day (i.e. grocery procuring, apartment searching, Instituto investigating, etc, etc..). In other words, we had a play day. It was a lot of fun. First we went to a small store where […]
We’re so excited to taste the ¡Sponch!
We can hardly wait!
How can you resist?
Uh oh… Big mistake
Allie no quiere ¡Sponch!
Blech.
Aww. Such dissapointment.
The ¡Sponch! winds up in the trash. Some of it regurgitated.
The ¡Sponch! is brutalized by the microwave.
These kids are everywhere. It’s kind of sad. Like, really sad. Many of them are selling gum instead of trinkets. We usually slip them a couple pesos without asking for anything they’re selling.
The beautiful church on the square.
An image of the Instituto.
More of the Instituto
The grounds of the Instituto.
More of the grounds. These people […]
We found a realty agent near the jardin and made an appointment for a little later in the day. We hung out in the cafe that has the WIFI connection, drank lemonade, and checked our emails. Allie and I went down there and met with Gustavo, the realtor, and he told us that there […]
Aug 7th and 8th
So, we saw an American woman sitting in the square at her laptop and she told us that, yes there is WIFI in the area. We found the reception to be pretty poor and she told us that the signal was stronger in the cafe across the street. We needed a snack, […]
Days One and Two:
The flights were utterly uneventful. But the Leon airport is so small that we disembarked down one of those stairways that they wheel up to the plane.
A fellow at the airport was holding up a sign that read, “Hauptman” so we followed him and the small group of old, Texan, lady tourists […]
So, I’ll be in Mexico for the next two weeks or so. San Miguel del Allende, to be specific. I’ll be using this space on braincrabs.com as a travel log and photo database. So, check back every two days or so for substantial updates.