Alarm set for 8am, so that jobs could get done & we would have the rest of the day to explore the area! Walked through the covered market, away from the centre of town, & found a good value small restaurant where we had tortes & fruit juices or café de ollo for M$28 each. After breakfast, we walked east, out of town, up a very steep hill, past some beautifully painted (posh) houses, to the Botanical Gardens. M$80 entrance fee paid, we walked along ...

Everyone awake by 10 to 8, so got up early & got the morning's jobs done in good time. Went back to the nearly "local" restaurant for breakfast (same as yesterday), then back to the hotel to finish packing. Waved down a taxi from the hotel's entrance, & on arrival at the bus station, there was a bus to San Miguel de Allende just about to leave. Hurriedly bought tickets, & ran to the bus to load our bags into the hold & get on board for the 1½ h...