I Walked A Thousand Miles - SMA

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Some things never change and others seem to be under a constant morphosis.  We always find something new going on and yet you can always count on the World Heritage Site maintaining the historical and architectural side of the city.  It continues to grow and I'd say by leaps and bounds.  Traffic on Sunday was a bit hectic even walking.   It is summer and vacationers are here from all over and as I said yesterday mostly Mexicans.  One huge downside that has turned me off completely is the introduction of RZRs.  They are like dune buggies but much more sophisticated and extremely noisy with huge speakers attached to them with the boom, boom, boom.  

First gas station in San Miguel de Allende.

Today was a marathon.  We walked, almost non-stop from 10 a.m. until we stopped for linner (combination lunch and dinner).   Lots of steep streets and rocky roads but we saw many things we had never come across before.   Mostly neighborhoods that are off the beaten path.  One of our goals was the Mask Museum.  That was a one-hour walk from our house and it took us to some new streets; Homobono and Acamapixtle.   Homobono was a canonized a saint in 1199 for his good works and deeds just as his name translates, good man.  He apparently had a vision in front of the crucifix in a local church.  Acamapixtle was the king of  Tenochtitlán in the Aztec period around 1375 and ruled for almost 20 years.  As for the museum, it was a flop.  In my internet research, it says it is open daily until 3 p.m. but no one answered and we saw a small, 4 X 4-inch sign that read, "by appointment only".  

See the sheet music attached to the back of the kid in front!

Bummer, we started down the hill and decided to take a bus further up the hill to the Mirador.  We gawked at the sights and watched tourists getting off and on the trolley and buying their mugs of something that was quite expensive.   From there we walked around the Parroquia and just happen to catch a procession.  Look closely at the picture and you can see a hunched-over man with a homemade cane and his wife tailing behind him.  They must be in their late eighties or early nineties and they just kept right along.   We watched the procession for a while and then attended a funeral in the cathedral.  Well, we didn't stay long but we did see the cuerpo presente  (coffin with the body).  

Lots of shops looking for a lamp for a friend to put in his new house.  It started to rain but we kept on until we arrived to the Dragon Chinese restaurant just down the block from the Canadian bakery.  That was our linner.  We split a plate of dumplings and hot and sour soup.  Very good restaurant but lacks any interior design.  I think that's where Les plays cards in the winter.

Walked home for a well-deserved nap and now we are in happy hour.   Sorry to see what Trump did today.  I think we're all in for some trouble in the coming years, here in Mexico too.