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¡Guao! Just ¡guao!
Sep. 5th, 2014 09:47 pmTour companies around here need to revise their announced tour durations. The city tour earlier in the week overstepped the advertised 3-hour time by almost half, while today's tour that took us from Guanajuato to Dolores Hidalgo and a few other places before we hit San Miguel de Allende got us back home around 9 pm, making for an 11-plus hour day.
As during the city tour, Galina and I were the only non-Spanish speakers in the group. It was difficult for me to gain any footing in the comprehension department (the guide spoke fast, and with something of a lisp due to some missing teeth), so I'm sure I conveyed a heap of misinformation to Galina along the way. On the flip side, I hope we made a good impression, at least of not resembling whatever run-of-the-mill norteamericanos are like. I know I took a lot of ribbing from the guide, which I didn't let bother me.
Right now, I feel like the kid in the classic Gary Larson cartoon who tells his teacher his "brain is full." I must've jotted down several dozen questions that I'm going to have to track down after I get back.
The bottom line is this: we had a good time.
Time to get a solid night's rest.
As during the city tour, Galina and I were the only non-Spanish speakers in the group. It was difficult for me to gain any footing in the comprehension department (the guide spoke fast, and with something of a lisp due to some missing teeth), so I'm sure I conveyed a heap of misinformation to Galina along the way. On the flip side, I hope we made a good impression, at least of not resembling whatever run-of-the-mill norteamericanos are like. I know I took a lot of ribbing from the guide, which I didn't let bother me.
Right now, I feel like the kid in the classic Gary Larson cartoon who tells his teacher his "brain is full." I must've jotted down several dozen questions that I'm going to have to track down after I get back.
The bottom line is this: we had a good time.
Time to get a solid night's rest.
