Guanajuato, México

The second place I got to visit on December was Guanajuato. In my opinion is a MUST visit when you come to Mexico! I loved it, it was one of my favorite places to go. First of all, the way the houses are built in here is just lovely and original. Lots of alleys, garages on top of the houses and definitely FULL of colors, which makes a colorful view with that "mexican-rustic" touch.

It also has one of the most beautiful views. I got there at night but still looked beautiful though. This is a monument representing "El Pípila".

 Guanajuato at night

There's also a museum about the mexican inquisition, its called "Palacio de la Inquisición" which was a religious place where priests used to torture people as a consequence of their sins. Some reasons of punishment would be lies, betrayal, unloyalty, homosexuality, pregnancy before marriage and even special conditions such as Down Syndrome or epilepsy. 

This is a representation about the way priests used to torture people. Arms and legs tied, and everytime the person doesn't tell the truth (or if they don't believe them) they used to spin that cross that you see on the left so it would stretch his extremities to the point of separate their bones. Those skulls you see on the red background (prison cells) represent another way they used to torture people. Honestly, this was the most terrible thing they used to do: psychological torture. Story tells people in there usually tend to be relatives of the person being tortured on the wood bed and they would watch and hear their screams. The only way they would let them out is taking the victim's fault. 

Chair of torture full of spikes all over it

This is the outside of the palace. The walls were supposedly built with material that prevents any scream or sound to be heard. 

These were a few things that captured my attention in Guanajuato. 10/10 Would recommend! And don't make me start with the mexican candies that they sell ;) 

-Alexandra

Querétaro, México

Querétaro was definitely one of my favorite trips too. It's food, people, places, just everything about it makes you happy. But the place I loved the most was Tequisquiapan, a small city where they sell the most delicious cheese-bread and they sell many handmade crafts. You'll see a lot of dogs (<3!) walking around with their owners and people playing mexican soft music, many restaurants and a beautiful church. It's a very calm city and it just makes you love everything on there.

 I ordered spaghetti cause I got tired of tacos heh

After Tequisquiapan we went to see la peña de Bernal, in San Sebastián Bernal, which is one of the tallest monolits in the world! You have to walk a lot though but definitely worth it (also there's a lot of vendors who sells the prettiest crafts).

Last but not least! We spent New Year's on La Corregidora street, it was just amazing and their food too! The place was crowded but the fireworks and the ambient was reeeeeally nice.

Welcome to whoever it's reading

I don't consider myself a person who travels around the world really often. In fact, it's the other way around. I haven't been on Europe or Asia, but I've visited some states from USA and I'm currently discovering my country, Mexico. As I like to take a lot of pictures that I can't upload to my instagram account (they're too many!) I thought that it would be a good idea to make a blog about the journeys I've made. 

You see, when us people say we want to travel, the first thing that comes to our mind is "London. Paris. Spain.", but we don't realize that we have so much to wander in our own country. Specially in Mexico who has so much places to know and different cultures. Like I mentioned before, I'm discovering some parts of my country and I'm LOVING it, so I want to share with you some pictures with smalls reviews about them. 

If you're from another country and are planning to visit Mexico or at least you want to, this might help you. And if you're from here too, take a look to see what you're missing! 

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” (Lao Tzu)

―Alexandra M.