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Someone I know had dismissed San Miguel de Allende as “Gringo Gulch” but praised the next town over, Guanajuato, as “the most beautiful place in Mexico.” I don’t know about that, but it is a very different environment — absolutely not thronged with gringos, lots of tourists but from all over Mexico. A much more local experience.
Mercado Hidalgo
The houses are often painted in bright colors, a wider palette even than in SMDA.
It was overcast when we arrived, so a little subdued.
Later, the sun came out and we got the rainbow spectrum.
Meanwhile, we took in a lot of art — the Diego Rivera Museum (in the house where he lived with Frida Kahlo)…
and the Museum of Contemporary Art, small but packed with some good stuff.
“Electro Encephalo Sax V” by Jazzamoart
“Untitled,” pencil drawing by Eiki Ito
small painting by my favorite artist on display, Javier Hernandez, aka Capelo
lunch at a very local place
another eye opens 
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