And so, with extra pesos in our pocket, we went out for a nice dinner in a nearby restaurant. Our food had just arrived when in walked the overlanders who were staying at the Flamingo Inn, two couples in Toyota Landcruisers, one from Switzerland, the other from Germany. As it turns out we will be seeing them in San Miguel also as we will all be in the same campground over Christmas.
The next morning we explored the historic centre of Queretaro. We walked through a large park, and among the Christmas decorations and nativity scenes, they had set up a place for kids to dig in the snow and make snowmen, as well as ride inner tubes down a snow covered ramp!
In the main plaza was yet more Christmas decorations and nativity scenes, but something we hadn’t seen in the other towns was this…
One of the streets we walked down had store after store selling fancy dresses. In Mexico, a girl’s fifteenth birthday is cause for a huge celebration, called a quinceañeria. I think it is a bit like a coming of age celebration. All I know is the dresses are quite elaborate…maybe also gets the need to walk down the aisle in a big fancy dress out of their system for a few years…or hooked on ever grander ceremonies!
Queretaro is a modern city of about 1.1 million people, and is a strong business and economic centre in Mexico. But the heart of the city retains its colonial roots, having been established in 1531.
Piper may have been unfazed by the Chamuco because he knows he’s been a good boy! And, he is surrounded by what looks like beautiful Pointsettas!!
I’d sure like to know where that snow that’s in your one photo came from too!