Introduction

Elenita and I met in 2005. We were married in August of 2007, in November we moved to San Miguel de Allende in the heart of Mexico.

Our wedding day

In 2008 we purchased our house in San Miguel.  Just outside of the central area but walking distance to everything. Wow what views we have.

A view from our roof top

In the beginning our traveling consisted of two guided tours. Our first was to the state of Chiapas. We visited the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas and the Mayan ruins of Palenque. Our next trip was to Copper Canyon in the the state of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico. Both trips were very beautiful places and our leader David Rico was amazing.

Palenque

A view of Copper Canyon

In 2009 we decided to drive back to northern California for Elenita's son's graduation and then to southern California for a wedding. Our drive along the pacific coast of Mexico took us through the states of Jalisco, Nayarit. Sinaloa and Sonora. We visited the beach city of Mazatlan, the beautiful colonial town of Alamos and then the beach town of San Carlos.

In the winter of 2009/2010 our weather in San Miguel was bitter cold and miserable. In January of 2010 we decided to go to the beach for 10 days with another couple. With recommendations from friends we discovered the southern part of the state of Jalisco, Barra de Navidad/Melaque. Driving around the area   we fell in love with this part of Mexico as well as the town of La Manzanilla just 20 minutes north. In March of 2010 we spent a month at a friend's condo in the city of Manzanillo about 1 hour south. We realized how much we loved the beach and made reservations for the following January in the small town of La Manzanilla.

In November of 2010 we traveled to the state of Veracruz with wonderful friends Dick and Trish as traveling partners. We visited many different areas of the state including the city of Veracruz.  We stopped in the city of Puebla for three nights in the beginning and it was wonderful.


On December 31, 2010, we left San Miguel for our month in La Manzanilla. Our first stop was in the Lake Chapala area, the little town of Ajijic to celebrate  New Year's eve with one our favorite groups, The Tallboys Band. On January 1st we headed to La Manzanilla. This was a wonderful month of relaxing, walking on the beach every morning and exploring. We discovered small quaint little beach towns along the Jalisco coast. This is becoming one of our favorite locations. Our plans are to visit every winter. After our month we drove north to Puerto Vallarta and spent 3 days in the city eating at wonderful places and visiting. We took a day trip to the town of San Sebastian about 1 hour east of Puerto Vallarta. We then pick up a friend who wanted to drive back with us from Puerto Vallarta. We stopped along the way at some northern beach towns and then ended up in the town of Tequila for the night. The next day we arrived back in San Miguel to beautiful weather. 

We have spent many days visiting Mexico City over the last four years. Of course our favorite B&B will always be The Red Tree House. |We have discovered some less expensive place also so we can go more often. Mexico City is a beautiful cosmopolitan city with many different types of restaurants. The neighborhood of La Condesa will always have a place in our heart.

Also, being music lovers we have gone to some wonderful concerts:
In 2008 we went to the city of Querétaro to see Juanes.
In 2009 Carlos Santana played in the metro area of Guadalajara.
In 2010  we saw Paul McCartney in Mexico City.

We have traveled to many different places around Mexico. We have gotten to know our neighbors in the state of Querétaro very well. We have seen some very beautiful places and hopefully we will continue. 
We are learning  how much we enjoy traveling around Mexico.Our future goal is to write about our adventures and share them with anyone who wants to know more about this beautiful country.