A while ago, a new friend, Liz, took me to a small community outside of Guanajuato to see a three room, 1st-6th grade school. Unfortunately there was some holiday that closed public schools, that we didn’t know about so I just literally saw the school. I didn’t get to see teachers and kids.
The town is Monte San Nicolas and it was a mining town way back when. Now, the mine has closed and it is just a struggling little place on a dirt road about 10 miles from Guanajuato. It is quite beautiful though and there is a very lovely church that is being restored.
(Coincidentally, there was an article about the town last Sunday in the local paper.)
The old school.
New school, which was built a few years ago.
The town is incredibly old and there are ruins that are being preserved.
We drove through Santa Rosa on the way home, which is actually on the highway and Liz took me to this bakery, where they have the best bolillos around in the wood fired oven. Bolillos are a white bread rolls that are ideally crusty on the outside and soft and bready on the inside. They also had a flaky pastry that was just like a croisant, except for the shape. So GOOD. The bakery has been in the family for years and is just a door with no sign so you need to know it to go. It basically looked more like a mechanic’s garage than a bakery, but they sure make good stuff.
Thanks for the wonderful pics. The bolillo baking looked terrific! Wish I could’ve joined you eating one! I love to eat them by taking out the white insides and eating the crusty outsides.