When my wife and I moved to Guanajuato, Mexico as forty-something American expats, we had a list of reasons for doing so. The list has been growing incrementally since moving here. I want to share an incident that caused that list to increase by one more reason. I think the list is now at 10,001 reasons why we now live in Mexico.
For our 24th wedding anniversary (thats right, we are Americans and have been married for that long), we went on a little trip to a city in Central Mexico called Quertaro. It is a mere two and a half hours away by bus. And, by the way, going by bus is the preferred method of travel in Mexico. You are served food and drink, just like on a plane, but without the hassles.
Quertaro was founded in July 1531 when Spanish invaders (infection), led by Conquistador Hernn Prez Bocanegra y Crdoba, came and took the city without so much as a fistfight. In the year 1656, the Viceroy, the Duke of Albuquerque, named the town “The Noble and Loyal City of Santiago of Quertaro.” Try putting that as your return address when mailing your Visa bill!
This is a historically significant and charming colonial town whose growth has exploded in...