Phew, it’s been a busy first week in San Miguel de Allende.  The biggest items to talk about are that we’ve chosen San Miguel de Allende as the place to spend the next few months, found a place to live and a school for Geneveve, and just a couple nights ago had our car broken into, lots more details on all of that to follow.

We arrived in San Miguel de Allende on Día de la Independencia, but that didn’t seem to make traffic or anything worse, although the steep, narrow, and bumpy cobblestone streets don’t make getting around the city center very fast.  After a brief mixup about the address of our house rental, we quickly found it and unpacked.  We found the place for pretty cheap on Airbnb at $300 a week, and it had an amazing view.  The views of this city will quickly win you over with its beautiful churches, dazzling sunsets, hot air balloons floating through the air and lakes and mountains in the distance.  And since it was independence day we were treated to some fireworks on our first night there.  Unfortunately we were also treated to some fireworks before dawn on our first morning, and randomly for the next few days too.

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