Guanajuato is an absolute gem in the middle of Mexico´s Colonial Heartland!
Known by many as Mexico´s most beatiful silver city, Guanajuato is home to about 120,000 locals and is a 5 hour bus trip Nth West from Mexico City. The city is surrounded by rugged hillside and once supplied a quarter of Mexico´s silver output. Wealthy mine owners built stately mansions and impressive churches alongside Guanajuato´s narrow twisting streets - and the beautiful colonial architecture, cobbled streets and central plazas have remained intact since the city was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. The city has a youthful vibe with many cafes, restaurants and bars, due to its large student population (there is a large arts university here)! Another interesting fact is that there is a huge tunnel network underneath the city for vehicles (no pedestrians) due to the crazy geography of the city (very hilly!)
Today I made a new friend at my hostel - a girl from San Fran, then spent the day getting incredibly lost in the maze of narrow cobblestone streets, bought a Starbucks...in this tiny city in the middle of mexico (depressing I know, but I was with an American?!), brushed up on my Mexican history as we stalked an American couple and their tour guide thru Diego Rivera´s art museum (yanks have an annoying habit of pretending to know everything and telling the tour guide about the art that he is there to guide them on!?! why bother hiring the guide at all??), taking endless photos of the technicoloured landscape (Mexicans like to paint their houses in every possible colour of the rainbow, including electric blue, banana yellow, hot pink and violet purple!!), looking in shock and horror at young mexican couples who clearly do not observe the generally universal dislike for PDA (rules against Public Display of Affection definitely DO NOT apply in Mexico!!), spending more than 2 hours in an amazing silver shop (oops) and chowing down the most delicious tortilla soup!!
All in a good day´s work here in Mehico!!
Better get some rest before it all starts again tomorrow!
Adios,
LiZZie
xx
PS photos to come later hopefully!
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