SUNDAY 30TH - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY

We are in Mexico. Andy is on Lady Elliot Island so we can't connect but Happy Birthday Andy.

What a fabulous day. We spent last night in a hotel in Guanajuato in a grand old converted hacienda, complete with wifi so I was able to catch up with the blog posts.

 

The main activity of today was a walking tour of the old town with an English speaking guide whose knowledge was extremely impressive.

The disappointment of the day was his advice that the tunnels used by traffic have nothing to do with the mining history. They were built to remove the traffic from the narrow streets to avoid them becoming impossibly clogged.

There is still a very active gold and silver mining industry being carried on in the district but some distance from the town itself.

 

An actively promoted and very crowded attraction within the town is a street known as the kissing street, so called because it is so narrow that the balconies on both sides are so close that one can reach from one to the other. There is a tale about two lovers making contact with each other on the balconies but it is just that, a tale.

As usual, we are having fun with the language. Having Mario and Therese as interpreters makes communication very easy but it is not an uncommon experience for us to say something in English only to find that we get a response in very clear English. One never knows whether people with whom we might be interacting are Spanish speakers only or also fluent English speakers.

Family lunch tomorrow. Fortunately they speak English.