Today was the sunniest, warmest day that we've had since we arrived in San Miguel. In the late morning, we took a leisurely walk over to Parque Juarez, stopping on the way to buy coffee for each of us and a croissant at Cafe Ventana on Calle Sollano. This place--literally just a hole/window in the wall--is rumored to sell the very best coffee in San Miguel. And we agreed that it really was very good and enjoyed drinking it as we strolled down this lovely street on our way to the park, which was full of vendors selling plants and flowers for the Candelaria Plant Fair. The poor vendors had also been there during all the days of pouring rain with no customers and very little shelter. But today the park was full of familes happily buying plants and pots for their gardens. There was also free live music and dancing. The music was supposed to start at 1 PM. But it started late even by Mexican standards. The announcer apologized for the delay, explaining that there were problems with traffic and some of the roads were still undergoing repairs due to all the rain. It finally started around 2 PM. They had a 3 piece miramba band and other musicians, too. There was lots of room to dance, but at first only a few couples were getting up and dancing. I finally got Micha to do some salsa with me, which was fun. But I have no pictures of that unfortunately. And Micha was getting really hungry by then, because we had eaten only a light breakfast. So we left and headed over to Hecho for lunch. It was already 3 o'clock,which is a normal time to eat lunch in San Miguel.
Afterwards, we went to the Biblioteca to see if we could get in to see the last night of their current theatre production, My Old Lady by Israel Horovitz. They were sold out, but they managed to fit us into a couple of seats that they keep for the staff. The actors are really good. The play was a combination of comedy and drama, a bit strange, but it definitely held our interest.
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