Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2023-12-29 : San Miguel de Allende

Travel
Type Name Service Provider Origin Destination Cost Notes Actions
Flight Merida (MID) to Leon (BJX) Aero Mexico Merida (MID) Leon (BJX) $680.38 CANCELED - four to eight weeks for refund. Good grief
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Departamento maria loreto AirBnB $415.21 Paid $207.61 2023/01/27. Balance due Dec 15.
Free cancelation before Dec 23.
Host: Maria. Please reach out to the Host for how to check-in. See Host guidebook for suggestions. Maria says it's ok that we'll arrive so late (due to the flight change)
Luggage drop
Laundromat nearby. Back yard with furniture. Luggage drop. Awesome rooftop terrace. Great location. Close to centro. Check-in: 15:00, out: 12:00


Trip Log

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We got in late last night and crashed. It was chilly last night, and chilly this morning - 7C when we got up! It felt pretty cold compared to the Yucatán. I’m looking forward to not having to hide so much from the heat.

San Miguel de Allende is even more beautiful than I remembered and it looks different from though eyes that will be here for several days, as opposed to 2022 when we were only here for a few hours trying to take it all in.

We have a really great little AirBnB apartment with a rooftop patio and a resident cat or two which always makes me so happy when we visit Mexico because it lets me feel like I have a cat for a little while.
After breakfast we ran some errands including taking in a load of laundry and walking to the bus depot to do some recon for the next step in our journey - moving to Querétaro next Wednesday.

After the bus depot we returned to our AirBnB via a circuitous walk through the interesting San Antonio neighborhood. Then we had our first rooftop beers and did some planning for our remaining days in SMA.
This was our first real evening in SMA. We didn’t get in last night until about 10:30, so that didn’t count. The city is insanely busy with tourists and this evening was no different. We went to the main square, which is ground zero for tourist activity. It was chaotic but not beyond my boundaries so it was all good. I’m truly happy for the cooler temperatures.


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