Category: San Miguel de Allende
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Memories of San Miguel de Allende
We spent three and a half months in San Miguel which is more time than we usually spend in one place but it was nice and warm and very comfortable. We have many fond memories and have summarized them in pictures below.
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Almost a Full House
Mike and Gayle Oulighan have visited us before in Paris and Mexico City. Deb Camara has made plans to visit us but the pandemic changed those plans. Gayle and Deb are part of Sandy’s running friends who first met in 2010 when Sandy was training for the Athens Marathon. They call themselves “The Sole Sisters”.…
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Brothers
We rented a large home here in San Miguel de Allende as we were hoping for a lot of visiting friends, but Jim was also hoping to pull together a reunion of his three brothers. The reunion of all four brothers did not happen but we were able to convince two of the three to…
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Bill and Karen
John William Boyle was a classmate of Jim’s from 10th grade through medical school. They roomed together the first year of medical school and have remained friends through the years. Bill was the smart one, valedictorian and awards, while Jim has always been the practical grounded one. Karen planned our Camino trip as she and…
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Monarch Butterfly Tour
So one day after spending three hours in a van with twelve other people doing a tour of Guanajuato we are again at the San Miguel de Allende Public Library at 7am for a 12 hour tour. We get the same rattletrap van but this time it is just the Bailey’s, a driver, a guide…
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Guanajuato
Guanajuato is the capital city of The Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato which is one of 36 states which make up the United States of Mexico. San Miguel de Allende is in the state of Guanajuato. Located in central Mexico it is known for its silver mining and colonial architecture. Its network of narrow…
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A Full House in San Miguel
We rented a four bedroom house on four levels with a garage, outdoor space, multiple terraces and a hot tub as we were expecting a lot of guests. In the first two months we have only had four visitors due to holidays and fear of traveling. Well on January 10 we are filling up this…
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Christmas in Oaxaca
Having escaped from Huatulco with Paul’s help we finally arrived in Oaxaca late afternoon and took a taxi to our Airbnb which Emily had picked out
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Our Mexican Rescue
Jim’s firstborn nephew, Paul Steen and his wife Alicia came to visit us on December 19 and on December 22 we all flew to Oaxaca to meet up with our youngest daughter Emily and her partner Tim who had been in Mexico City for the past week. Paul and Alicia are picked up at 5am…
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Christmas Season in SMA
We love being in foreign countries and experiencing their local seasonal decorations and customs. These are a mix of pictures we took in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
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Paul and Alicia in San Miguel
Jim’s oldest nephew and his wife who live in Denver visited us in Mexico City in 2019. We love to visit them in Denver and were very excited to have them come visit us in San Miguel de Allende. Paul flew his Mooney from Denver to Queretaro which is about 90 minutes from SMA. They…
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Nos Encanta San Miguel de Allende
We have been in San Miguel de Allende for six weeks now and are settling into a routine when we are alone without any guests. We usually climb the 525 steps every other day and we walk into the central part of town on our way home where we do errands or have our one…
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Thanksgiving in San Miguel de Allende
We are very happy to be back in Mexico and even happier to be able to hang out with Miguel and Ivonne who have become very dear amigos thanks to our mutual friend Adele Waller who gave us an email introduction. Besides saving Jim’s life one year ago during his heart attack we have had…
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Return to San Miguel de Allende
We flew out of Boston early on the morning of 15 November 2021 headed for San Miguel de Allende, it is exactly one year since we embarked on this same trip which ended when Jim had an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction on November 25. It has been a long and eventful year, some of…