One of my goals this year is to do more traveling, so each month I hope to do some type of touristy/travel thing and share the experience and photos with you.
For my birthday weekend in January I took two day trips to towns nearby. The first was to Guanajuato City, the capital of Guanajuato State. It has a cool network of narrow streets, alleys and tunnels and is part of the Mexican Independence Trail. Author (poet and playwright) Miguel de Cervantes lived in Guanajuato City when he wrote Don Quixote and many places in the city bare the name. And, finally, it is a UNESCO World Heritage City.
Enjoy some photos of the day
The second day trip was to Santiago de Querétaro(commonly referred to as Querétaro ) and is the capital of Querétaro State. It is a much larger city than San Miguel de Allende (where I currently live) and sports a large, modern mall where we started the day off. Also part of the Independence Trail, the Mexican constitution was drawn up here in 1917. And it is also a UNESCO World Heritage City. The city is a beautiful mix of colonial old world and modern contemporary style.
Enjoy some photos of the day
Up next is a trip to a ghost town!
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