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Have Kids, Will Travel // A lot of local, a little luxe

San Miguel de Allende

You Will Miss This, Too

It is hot. It is loud. The nights are long and restless. You feel a little disoriented. Your legs ache for the miles you’ve walked. Your heart aches for the language you don’t know enough of. There’s so much to take in, and you don’t quite know where to start. But when you leave, you will miss it, and you will crave it again. You will miss the sweat-covered walks that leave you coated in dust. You will yearn for the noises and smells and sights. You will look back on these days and want them to come again. You’ll look back and say it holds a place in your heart. It’s happened before. Because deep inside, it’s what makes you feel fully alive.

I shared these words on Instagram and my personal FB page back in May, when I believed we had another 12-24 months of travel ahead of us. How much deeper and truer these words feel now, after being rapidly hurtled back into another world. This was the night I had found a scorpion beside my bed. The night after our anniversary, that we’d been unable to celebrate. And it’s absolutely true, just as I knew it would someday be — I miss it deeply.

Photo taken from the rooftop overlook of my favorite restaurant in San Miguel de Allende (and possibly, all of Mexico): Antonia Bistro.

Week 6+7 Video: Guanajuato City and San Miguel De Allende

I had grand ambitions of narrating along with this video, but know if I don’t go ahead and finish it now, it will never get done.

This video highlights our sixth and seventh weeks as a location independent family, when we visited Guanajuato City, and share more scenes around San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

It’s hard to get enough of this beautiful place!

WEEK 3 VIDEO: Playa del Carmen to San Miguel de Allende

During our third week, we headed to our new lodging in Playa del Carmen, where we stayed for several nights before flying into Leon, Mexico, and then driving to San Miguel de Allende. What an incredibly different area! We felt a few waves of culture shock as we adjusted to the differences between the two.

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Where We’re Staying:

We are continuing to use home exchanges and swaps for our housing, which has meant free housing for this first part of our travels (with a few groundskeeper/housekeeper tips and utility payments for our hosts).

For our housing in Playa del Carmen, we used Guest to Guest for the first time, and it worked out great. Our host was wonderful, and we both felt the arrangement was mutually satisfactory. (Sign up for this platform is free.)

For our housing in San Miguel de Allende, we used LoveHomeSwap, also for the first time as guests (we are currently hosting guests in our downtown Greenville property).

(We also flew to Mexico for free (plus taxes), using our Southwest Credit Card points. Yes, our entire family of 6 flew for free!)