We left Mexico City to the north toward two small colonial towns. First stop: San Miguel de Allende. We arrived with a horrible weather, gray skies and rain, and we decided to take the day to rest.

We just left the hotel at night to walk around the city … WOW! After visiting many colonial cities San Miguel still managed to impress us. The small town was pure charm at night, churches beautifully illuminated, stylish restaurants, lively piazzas and the lovely mariachis singing.

The next day we finally visited the city during the day. Yes, it is really pretty, but at night is even better. We walked through every alley and climbed to the viewpoint to enjoy the beautiful view. A pleasant and relaxing day.

The next day we woke up late and went to visit the botanical garden, specialized in Mexican plants with various types of cactus, since Mexico has the largest variety of cactus in the world. It had cactus from every form, color, size, texture … Definitely these plants are really cool.

We left San Miguel to Guanajuato, which is also a famous colonial city, but with a very different style. The city lies in a valley, its buildings are high in narrow streets and you’re always walking with head up to admire the city, and the city is spread through the rise of the valley and going up and down in the hills is normal.
From our guesthouse, which was on a rise, of course, we had a beautiful view of the old center.

We enjoyed the sunny day and took the furnicular to see the view of the city from the mirador, again very beautiful.

In cultural terms Guanajuato has a lot more to offer, 3 theaters, many museums and an intense calendar of cultural activities, as this is an important university town. The Juarez Theater, which lies on the main square, is the most impressive and we visited its interior. A beautiful concert hall decorated in every detail.

We also visited the museum of fine arts from the University of Guanajuato, the house where Diego Riviera was born, the famous painter and husband of Frida Kahlo, and an old Hacienda with beautiful gardens.

We finished the day visiting the impressive museum Momias where is exposed a bizarre collection of mummified bodies that were exhumed after six years in the local the cemetery. The bodies were well conserved due to humidity and minerals found in the earth there, just a natural process without any use of chemicals for mummification. Bizarre but interesting!

We did a night tour to admire the beautiful city illuminated and once again we took the furnicular to see the view from the mirador at night. Too beautiful!

We finished the night watching the Callejoneadas, where students dressed in 17th-century Spanish costumes play and sing traditional songs through the small streets of town and everyone follows. A tradition of Guanajuato.

It was precisely during our passage in Mexico that erupted in Brazil the demonstrations against corruption, injustice and criminal activities of our government. We are following everything on the internet, feeling a little sad to not be there to participate, but cheering wholeheartedly for this reaction of our people to bring a better future to Brazil. Brazil wake up, is now or never!