October 13, 2008
Finally in San Miguel de Allende!
We arrived in San Miguel de Allende today without (much of) a hitch.
Our flights were all on time and customs was a breeze in Leon. The only problem came up when we went out to find that our pre-arranged transport was no where to be found. After a call to the company we found they had no record of our arrangements. Luckily one of the girls in our group speaks fluent Spanish and she was able to negotiate a reasonable deal with a transporter at the airport.
So.. after a long day of flying and driving, we finally arrived in SMA around 7:30 PM.
6 of us are staying in a vacation rental house we found on the www.vrbo.com website. The house is beautiful, like an old Spanish villa. It’s huge with lots of wood and tile work.
After we arrived at our house we took a taxi to La Jardine to meet the rest of our group for dinner. We dined on fabulous Mexican fare and of course we had a margartia to celebrate our arrival. After dinner we walked to the town square just in time to see the crowd exiting from a fireworks display. We were able to use our bank cards to withdrawl pesos at an ATM on the square with no problems.
Tomorrow we will start our work at the biblioteca. I am looking forward to helping the library in this amazing town. I just hope I can sleep through the barking neighborhood dogs!
The Traveling Librarian 