After the hustle and bustle of Mexico City, we headed a few hours away to San Miguel de Allende, which is a 500-year-old town filled with cobbled streets, 2-storey houses and beautiful churches.

We enrolled the girls into another school, and Nelly even got her first school uniform! Life has settled into a simple routine now with school in the mornings, siestas in the afternoons and visits to the town square most evenings (along with the rest of the town) once the heat dies down.

The only annoyance is the Mexicans' love of fiestas and fireworks - the novelty definitely wears off at 6am on a Sunday!

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Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel
Walking down the main street - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Walking down the main street
Bebidas para compartir - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Bebidas para compartir
copy cat - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
copy cat
buying muñecas - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
buying muñecas
We were lucky to meet Mina, who kindly invited us to share her amazing pool! - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
We were lucky to meet Mina, who kindly invited us to share her amazing pool!
god bless my truck - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
god bless my truck
Bar San Miguel - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Bar San Miguel
Cactus flowers at the Charco Jardin Botanico - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Cactus flowers at the Charco Jardin Botanico
Cactus flowers at the Charco Jardin Botanico - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Cactus flowers at the Charco Jardin Botanico
Nelly's first school uniform - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Nelly's first school uniform
They love their fiestas in San Miguel - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
They love their fiestas in San Miguel
We found some mojigangas - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
We found some mojigangas
Skeletons everywhere - San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
Skeletons everywhere