After the "opening ceremony" at school, since we had a few hours to kill before picking up the kids, Antonio drove us to the nearby town of Dolores Hidalgo to explore. Dolores Hidalgo is known for amazing ice cream and pottery.
Our first stop at a ceramics shop did not disappoint. We saw all sorts of cool, painted ceramic stuff, from sinks to electrical plates to vases to wall decorations. There was so much stuff - and so inexpensive - that we were overwhelmed and didn't buy anything. Plus, we were hungry.
Sue's guidebook highly recommended a local eatery called Vicente's, which is known for their outrageous carnitas. We found the restaurant, and sat down to order. The menu basically has one thing: carnitas (roast pork). You order by the kilo, and they bring you salsa and tortillas to go along with it. When our kilo of pork arrived, you could pick and choose which parts of the pig to put into your tortilla. Sue and I both "pigged out". The carnitas were really good.
Afterward, we walked to the center square (Jardin) to check out the town for a bit. Unlike San Miguel, the sidewalks and roads here are flat concrete, and not the stones patched together. (Antonio told us the stones in San Miguel were to give the burros better traction when climbing hills.) In the Jardin, there was an ice cream stand, and the nice woman let us try all the flavors we wanted, including some exotic ones. I tried vanilla, avocado, mantecado, cerveza (beer), queso (cheese), pulpo (Octopus) and a couple of others before settling on the mantecado. The beer and cheese ones were OK, but the pulpo was a little challenging, especially since my taste had a small piece of octopus in it.
On our return to pick up the kids we stopped at an antique/junk shop to browse for a bit. They had some interesting things, including bayonets, swords, old irons, sewing machines, anchors and more. I'm sure some interior designers go nuts here.
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