Mexico - October 2010

In October, we travelled to Houston to attend a cousin's wedding. We had a super time at the wedding - thank you Valerie, Alex, Bernice and Ken (and thank you Lange family for the Hope Taxi!). We had to take advantage of a plane ticket to Houston, and we went on to Mexico.

Below, Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw with Hope. And below that, most of the girl cousins (the photo is missing Valerie, the bride, and Veronica who is busy with college life).

We first went to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where we stayed with a family for a week and took Spanish lessons.

Above is the big church in the center of town. Below is the front door to the family's house where we stayed.

This is the San Miguel family. We thoroughly enjoyed their warm hospitality, delicious meals, and help with the language and culture. Below that is a photo showing how beautiful San Miguel is.
We went to a hot springs one day. It had tunnels leading to a series of pools. Hope really enjoyed exploring all of the tunnels!

Below, Hope is playing a pick-up game of futball (soccer). The boys seemed impressed with her ability to keep up and fairly assertive playing. We were enjoying some cervezas and fajitas in a restaurant that's to the left in this photo.

Leaving San Miguel, we then went to Guanajuato, Mexico - about an hour away. There are few roads running through town in Guanajuato since it was established before cars.
We rented a house in Guanajuato. Hope is at our front door. We could only access the house via a series of pedestrian alleys.

In front of our house was the donkey rest stop. The town still uses donkeys to deliver heavy items. We had 3 to 5 donkeys taking breaks in front of our house several times a day. (That's our white house in the background.)

Hope, the photographer, capturing us coming back to the house from one of the alleys.

Views of Guanajuato.