Last weekend we decided to get out of dodge. I was getting a little “basin fever” after living in this bowl for the last two months, as beautiful as it is. We also needed to drown our sorrows because Mikko’s dear aunties had to postpone their Thanksgiving visit suddenly.
We decided to go to a nearby town, Irapuato, that we knew nothing about. (Stupidly, we left all our Mexican guide books at home in PDX.) Our main goal was to find a hotel with an actual bathtub and cable TV. (and see some more of Mexico, in between baths and shows.)
Our hotel is on the left. It was all a little soviet blockish.
As it turns out Irapauto is a commercial center where there are markets that sell to the merchents who sell at the markets here in GTO or other nearby towns. Therefore it was a perfect place for a little retail therapy, as well and CHEAP.
We had an excellent meal at a busyplace with fabulous meat!!
Two other pluses: It was flat so we had a long vistas, which I hadn’t realized I had been missing, living in this bowl. And it rained!! Really hard!! We got soaked then changed into dry clothes and had hot chocolate and played cards in the hotel restaurant.
We also were the only foreigners around. We didn’t hear English at all and Mikko and I got stared at quite a bit.
It is only an hour away by bus, so visitors - you know where we’ll be taking you to shop.
