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| a short walk to a peaceful spot, El Templo de San Jose, built in 1763 |
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| the Parroquia in all its sunset splendor |
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| two little girls and their amazingly dirty dog, but so very cute, all three! |
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| we wanted to give him a bubble bath to see what would emerge |
Thursday, 28 February 2013
More pictures of San Miguel
Mike's Photos in San Miguel, 2013
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| on the house tour |
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| Mollie and Anne on the house tour |
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| Anne drawing Lydia, our maid at Casa Galicia |
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| Lydia, a force to be reckoned with! |
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| views of magical San Miguel de Allende |
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| looking down from the roof at Casa Galicia |
Sunday, 24 February 2013
San Miguel (A) 2013
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| view from our rental in San Miguel de Allende Casa Galicia on Cuesta de San Jose |
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| music at the Jardin |
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| checking out a house for sale near Aurora asking $569,000US |
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| Anne at Maria's for lunch (SORRY, PICS POP UP WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T SOMETIMES!) |
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| back at the house for sale near Aurora |
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| glorious rooftop garden |
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| owner of the house (an artist) |
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| Ron with the owner, Alan, busy in the kitchen (yes, Alan is here name) |
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| musicians in the square near the house |
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| at the organic market - Joanie, an idea Anne and I loved |
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| Anne and Mike at the organic market |
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| A lovely couple selling veggies and I'm sorry I didn't get their names |
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| one of the very friendly people at the market I just loved her outfit |
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| enjoying the wonderful food at the organic market |
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| Aurelie and Anne buying herb tea at the Mercado in town |
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| intense discussion follows |
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| finally a decision is made to buy! |
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| at an Italian restaurant with Cathy and John Dodero from Jacksonville |
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| view from John and Cathy's rental in SMA |
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| Cathy and John at the Italian Restaurant |
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| round the circle, left to right - Marisa and Peter, Mollie, Mike, Aurelie, a bit of Anne(!), Ron and Cathy |
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| John and Peter in deep discussion |
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| Marisa and Ron |
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| Cathy |
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| entertainment at the Biblioteca before a house tour in SMA |
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| impromptu dancing! |
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| young artists at work |
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| first house on the tour |
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| I love the painted furniture |
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| entrance to the house |
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| second house on the tour in SMA |
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| view of San Miguel from the roof garden |
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| dining room - all rooms opened onto the inner courtyard |
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| Anne in the television room |
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| an outside room, open to the courtyard |
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| Mike with Roger Ellis, a docent on the tour. We met him last year at a similar event. He is from Bristol like Mike, and they lived very close but never met in Bristol! |
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| this house had amazing outside spaces high above the town |
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| at the Aurora galleries, with Anne |
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| whimsy is everywhere |
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| Anne and I loved this watercolor of SMA, photographed through glass since this gallery was closed for the day |
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| reminds me of something! |
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| a collage of small pieces of paper - Frieda in Fragments! |
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| at the pleasant coffee shop at the Aurora - Club sandwiches, San Miguel style! |
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| I loved this use of a Singer Sewing Machine base |
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| at our favorite restaurant, Via Organica |
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| chez nous in San Miguel, Aurelie on the second floor |
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| our roof garden |
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| view from the roof down Cuesta de San Jose |
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| the patio off Anne's bedroom on the first floor |
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| the view up Cuesta de San Jose |
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| Anne in the living room on the first floor |
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| Anne's bed |
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| the dining room on the first floor |
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| Ron making his soup in the kitchen |
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| Ron and Mike playing another game of Canasta |
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| from the left, John, Mollie, Anne, Ron, the Jacksonville Review newspaper, Aurelie, Cathy and Mike all from Jacksonville, Oregon, at Maria's restaurant, Sabores Salsa y Amore (her new restaurant will open near Soriano on March 15, 2013 |
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| Marty, and friends at Maria's Marty was very kind and patient taking photos of us at Maria's |
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| Again, Jacksonvillians at Maria's with our local newspaper |
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| Maria who cooks like a dream |
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| Humberto at the Ole Ole Cafe, who won our hearts last year with his singing |
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| Ron and Aurelie's bedroom with Portuguese bed |
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| visiting Steve Harris' new house under construction near Soriana |
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| at the Lolita Restaurant |
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| at the flower market in the Mercado |
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| Anne's last evening in SMA |
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| a celebration in the Jardin |
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| dancing in the square near our house |
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| Sofie and Natalia at Marisa and Peter's house |
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| Sarah and Marisa |
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| some of the musician's at Peter and Marisa's house, with Gino the dog |
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| Steve with the lovely singer, and I apologize for not getting everyone's name! |
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| Peter and Pachado with Peter's new piano |
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| Ron, Jesse and Sarah |
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| Samantha |
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| Jesse at the helm |
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| singing folk songs |
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| Derek |
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| Liz and Cathy |
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| Jesse and Sarah |
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| Ron and Marcia |
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| Ron busy at work cleaning up a breakage! |
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| not only is she beautiful, she bakes wonderful cakes! |
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| two birthdays being celebrated, Mimi blowing out her candles |
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| Derek playing the beautiful theme for Schindler's List by John Williams |
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| bear with me - back to our second house tour! I give up understanding what happens when I blog! |
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| at the Aurora Galleries |
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| Mike and Ron coming into our house from the street |
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| Oh well, here we are back at Steve's new house! |
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| master bathroom |
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| Aurelie, Ron, Steve, Anne and Mollie with the Jacksonville Review at the Lolita Restaurant in SMA |
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| Anne's last evening |
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| Dog watching the festivities in the Jardin "What fools these mortals be!" |
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| back at the party at Peter and Marisa's |
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| the wonderful spread! |
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