Driving to San Miguel de Allende

After leaving Guanajuato our drive to San Miguel de Allende was only about 1 and 1/2 hours.  Arriving by early afternoon and a quick drive around town we found a public parking lot to leave the car and get to know the city on foot....probably the best way as parking is very limited.  So we began our walking tour of the city and my first impression is that the look and the feel of the city was very uniform and the city codes must prevent the building owners from making any major changes to their street side appearances.  The beautifully handcrafted doors and bright paint colors make for a pleasurable image of a well kept city.  The shops along the way provided many handicrafts, furniture, and design ideas for furnishing homes.  San Miguel de Allende is the birthplace of one of the main revolutionarys when Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1810 and therefore his namesake.
There are numerous beautiful churches in the city including the main cathedral the Parroquia, the pseudogothic church in the heart of San Miguel de Allende.  We took some great photos of the church during sunset and later that evening witnessed a spectacular light and sound show displayed on the exterior of the church depicting the Mexican Revolution.
With a great late lunch at an Italian Restaurant, we once again we decided to take the 'cheap' around the city tour bus and it provided us with a great around town trip of many of the places to be seen including the birthplace of the water aqueducts and a drive to the upper roads with a fantastic sunset overlooking the city.    It seemed that the expensive ones were located around the main square of the cathedral so we started to walk back to our car parking lot and noticed many smaller inns along the side streets.  We had not previously arranged a hotel as we were unsure of where we were going to overnight and many of the hotels around the main plaza seemed a bit expenseive, so we ventured back toward our car along the side streets and found a great place with only 6 rooms for 450 pesos each.  We decided to make that our overnight!
We arose fairly early as our plan was to make it to Tonala near Guadalajara for the Sunday Flea Market shopping experience that I have done once before and wanted to do it again!