Guanajuato

Hi all! Thanks for the messages! We made it to Guanajuato yesterday after a long trip from Brownsville. Charlotte dropped us off at the border on Monday around noon and then we paid our 60 cents and walked across the bridge to Mexico, a short but very exciting walk. I'll put up a picture of our crossing if I can figure out how to on this computer. Once we found the bus station (a surprisingly difficult task for three people who speak Spanish), we bought tickets on an overnight bus to San Luis Potosi and then spent the day wandering around Matamoros. The trip to San Luis took about 10 hours and then we took another bus to Leon (only about two hours) and then we got on our last bus to Guanajuato (which only took about an hour).

Guanajuato is a gorgeous and colorful city made up of small winding cobblestone streets. It is a great walking city because most of the traffic is out of sight in tunnels beneath the city. There are lots of little parks and plazas and it reminds me a lot of Italy. Leah, Rachel, and I have been enjoying our time being tourists and wandering around the city with our Lonely Planet book in hand. This morning we went to Diego Rivera's house which is now a museum and wandered around and got to see a lot of his artwork. His murals are really incredible and I'm looking forward to seeing more when we go to Mexico City.

Tomorrow we are heading off to San Miguel de Allende, a touristy town a couple hours away for one night and then on Saturday we are planning on going to Mexico City. We are having a great time so far and we especially enjoyed today, our first full day without riding on a bus.
xoxo