So Much to Do
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There is no time to get bored in San Miguel. Every
Friday the local newspaper, Atencion, is published with write-ups and schedules
of the events for the coming week. There are documentary films with discussions
in the San Miguel Biblioteca (Library and small theatres) and Posada Quinta
Loreto Hotel. Concerts are offered at the Biblioteca, at the Angela Peralta
Theatre, sometimes at the Centre de Bellas Artes, at the small Shelter Theatre
and in St Paul’s Anglican Church, arranged by the Pro Musica group. A
semi-professional group offers plays at the San Miguel Playhouse and an amateur
group does play readings at St Paul’s Church. If that is not enough there are
recent run and classic movies at the Petit Bar AKA Pocket Theatre, and at Cine
Bacco in a local hotel. Instead of paying a fee to see the movie, which is on a
legal, or copied DVD, your entrance ticket gives you a bag of popcorn and a
drink of your choice.
We took advantage of many of the offerings, sometimes two per day. In between we
had dinners and lunches with a group of Canadian friends, introduced to us two
years ago by David and Suzanne Andrews. Ray and I attended a Bird Walk in the El
Charco Botanical Garden. The walk is led by very well qualified Canadian and
American volunteers, many of whom have settled permanently in San Miguel. The
Botanical Gardens is interesting enough on its own, with its collection of
cactus and other native plants, that we make a point to visit it at least once
per year.
Plus, every Tuesday and Thursday mornings, I attended
Aquafit classes in the heated outdoor pool of Posada de la Aldea Hotel and I
took a very instructive afternoon Photography walk with Gracie Skylar, a
talented local photographer. Now I need to practise all that I learned with
Gracie.
Then every Saturday there is an excellent Organic market where we can buy
artisan cheeses, herbs and vegetables, specialty mushrooms, home-made soaps and
herbal remedies, breads, quiches and lots more. To take a break you can buy
lunch of Mexican specialties and eat it accompanied by strolling musicians. If
you still have time, there is an Artisan Market next door that operates both
Saturday and Sunday. My favourite was Margaret Burbidge who makes wonderful
necklaces, bracelets and earrings from silver, turquoises, coral, fossils and
other stones, many of them bought in an annual gem market in Tucson Arizona. I
couldn’t resist and bought two of her creations.
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