An hour away from Guanajuato, is another quaint town with picturesque streets of colorful houses. San Miguel is home to many expatriate retirees and a bohemian art crowd. And due to this large expat crowd, it is one of the areas in Mexico where you can eat cuisines from around the world and indulge in many luxuries from home. San Miguel is the birthplace of Ignacio Allende, one of Mexico's independence leaders, and the home to La Escuela de Bellas Artes, founded in 1951 that attracted many foreign students.
On Saturday morning the Jardin Botanico el Charco del Ingenio held the First Nopal Festival. The Jardin is a large botanical garden devoted to native plants, mainly cacti, located on a hilltop on the outskirts of town. At the Festival, I had the opportunity to buy everything imaginable made of nopal, ranging from beauty products to marmalade to earrings.
I'm considering my many options, though all with the key ingredient - nopal.
Nopal juice - The initial taste has a strong vegetable drink flavor. After a while, I forgot what I was drinking.
Tortillas made of blue corn filled with stews of nopal
The Aurora, once a textile factory, now houses a numerous art galleries.
The Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel is the main cathedral of the town dating back to the 17th century.
Designated a national monument, San Miguel maintains beautiful architecture along its cobblestoned streets.
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