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I found a great card shop today. They had interesting cards and lots of CD's of Mexican music. The woman in the shop played the various CD's for me, so I could make my choice. I also bought a Mexican shirt that I like alot. It was priced at $420 pesos, but if you paid cash, it was half off...so I got it for $205 pesos ($15 US). I wandered through a few galleries in my neighborhood as well, and talked to a few of the artists.
At 5, I had a lesson in photography from Al Tirado, who is a photographer here in San Miguel. He's a friend of my landlady, Pat's, and he is a REALLY nice man. He's probably in his late 60's and he's Mexican, but speaks English nearly perfectly - luckily for me, because my Spanish is not-so-hot! He was very patient and helped me ALOT in one short hour. I don't think I could have learned as much if I'd taken a class, so it was really workthwhile. He has a book of photos of San Miguel that he has published and I really like his photos. I bought the book and I think if I'd seen it in a store with other similar books, I would have bought it anyway. So I'm quite happy with my purchase.
After the photography session, my landlady, Pat, had a cocktail party - she invited all her tenants. I enjoyed that. People that come to San Miguel seem to have done alot of traveling and tend to be extremely adventurous. Ron and Artha, who have been here for about three weeks now, have lived all over - he's a retired minister. Their friends, a couple from Washington D.C., are visiting them here. And they have traveled and lived all over as well. Pat has traveled and had some interesting adventures...including the time she was approached in Moscow and asked to take "some papers" back with her - this was in the '70's. There was a whole story there, which was just one of several adventures for her. Later, we went up on the roof where Pat has several patios and we watched the sunset. It was a nice night...
Here are some photos from my walk home from school
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