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Planning Our Departure From Mexico  

02/27/07 - San Miguel de Allende, MX

Packing up and moving out

 
With our condo close scheduled for tomorrow, we have been busily packing up the condo this week, trying to figure out how/if we'll be able to fit everything into our van... All those Mexican pots and handicrafts add up.  Scott has already planned to pack his shoes into a chiminea to save space.  When we're not packing (or thinking about packing), we've been trying to enjoy the things we love about San Miguel - the weather, the walks, the street food (tacos, hamburguesas, corn-on-a-stick), as well as attempting to see some friends one last time before heading north. 

On Saturday, we made it a point to finally visit the historic center of Querétaro, the city of one million located just an hour away from San Miguel.  It's a lovely (& clean!) downtown, much easier to walk in than SMA, with several large and bustling plazas.  Although Scott has been there before, Caroline had only seen the Querétaro ring road, which boasts about a dozen big box stores (including Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Office Depot & Max, Costco, Sam's, Sears, new malls, cinemas, fast food, etc.) but not much charm.  A fun afternoon out.

We close tomorrow and leave the following day (3/1) for the three-day drive to Albuquerque, where we'll find ourselves at the Hilton Homewood Suites extended stay hotel.  We're looking forward to once again selling our place and the feeling of freedom that comes with driving away with all of our stuff in tow, no place to call home, but no ties or responsibility either.


Scott sure does love that elote (corn on a stick)!


Corn cart in the Jardín


Our cafe waitress in Querétaro takes our photo


Country church on the way to Querétaro


Wow, the "Matty" car mat washer looks exactly like our friend Matty!