Carol Schmidt
Nov 17, 2003, 12:32 PM
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Sunday's Washington Post had the usual gushing article on San Miguel de Allende as the lead in its travel section. Here are the first few paragraphs and the link. I am going to double-post this to the San Miguel/Guanajuato forum to make sure anyone who only reads there will see it, too. I always have mixed feelings when an article like this appears--how many more gringos will move here now? Good and bad in that. The article says that 10,000 gringos live in SMA. I'd always heard 3,000, which seems low, but 10,000 sure seems too high.
Carol Schmidt
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Under San Miguel's Spell
In Mexico's Storied Colonial Outpost, the Past Is Present
By Jane Black
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, November 16, 2003; Page P01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41259-2003Nov14.html
>The church bells don't ring on the hour in San Miguel de Allende. At 4:45 a.m., the clock tower struck five loud peals. At 5:15, another five. At 7:15, when I finally roused myself once and for all, the bells rang 18 times. Dong. Dong. Dong.
>A solid night's sleep doesn't come easily in San Miguel de Allende, four hours north of Mexico City. Along with the bells, there are the firecrackers that ring out at unscheduled intervals throughout the night.
>No colorful displays, just short pops, like gunfire. And each weekday morning, at about 8, school marching bands prowl the streets blaring assorted attempts at the Mexican anthem.
>But then, sleeping is a waste of time in San Miguel. The colonial town is filled with restaurants, irresistible shopping, cooking, drawing and yoga classes and, when you're finally worn out, delicious spa treatments -- all for half of what you pay north of the border. All this, plus year-round sunshine, make an idyllic holiday for the curious, adventurous or easily bored.
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