Dia Ocho: La Maravilla de Guanajuato

Guanajuato, the city, is the most Italian/Spanish of Mexican cities of all Mexico.  Built in a deep valley or ravine, an exceedingly important mining center in the 16th and 17th Centuries, it has all the charm of a small city in Spain, with only a few streets, and hundreds of callejones, or pedestrian walks/alleyways, all uphill in all directions.  Beautiful, and much fun to explore. 

Also the seat of the Mexican Revolution of 1810, the famous Father Hidalgo one, the one for freedom from Spain.  Big, big uprising zenithed here in a big battle after he'd made his Grito over in Dolores, now Dolores Hidalgo.  Wikipedia is your friend in this matter.i

We're beyond lucky to be staying at Casa Zuniga, as the owner, Rick Zuniga, an American, makes the Energizer Bunny look dead.  He took us on a breathless walking tour of the city, explaining all the various buildings, the why of the many tunnels, the reasons for the architectures, and most important, brought the famous battle alive, standing on the very spot where it occurred.  An absolutely stunning punctuation point to this stunning trip we've had.

Tomorrow begins the long two days of zooming up the Autopistas to the border and on to Austin.

'Tis late, I'm tired from all the climbing at this altitude, G'night, Gracie.