Category: Mexico

We are back in Guanajuato and on the last day of the Cervantino festival we attended a concert of música antigua in the beautiful church in Valenciana.  We also attended the clausura that night as well as five other performances around town, all very different.

The weather is close to perfect, so much better than in Garden Bay.  Our apartment is cosy and very well located.  After the bustle of Cervantino we need a quiet week to establish daily routines.  The orchestra plays on Friday and CineClub starts next Monday.  El Día de los Muertos occurs this week which provides an interesting ambience.

We are back in Garden Bay after a three day journey spending nights in Mexico City, Calgary because we missed the connecting flight, and Coquitlam where we stayed with friends.  I am happy to be home.

We took the bus from Guanajuato to Mexico City for convenience and to see a few sights there.

The highlight for Aimeé was a visit to the Basilica de Guadalupe.  It’s a beautiful sanctuary that merited more photos but my phone ran out of power.

The highlight for me was a visit to Plaza Garibaldi which was the name of the bar in my favourite telenovela “La Hija del Mariachi”.  We visited early morning which was fortunate because the neighbourhood was seedy and possibly dangerous at night.  The plaza is nothing special but the night life is probably very interesting.  Must figure out how to visit safely.