Day 3: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Today we are changing hotels.  I had read so many rave reviews of our new hotel and have to give it a try.  I had planned to just sort of have a relaxing day by the pool but it was so cold to us!  The hotel is an easy 10 minute walk from the city center and has a resident dog that lives there.  I wanted to do a couple more things on my list before we moved so we explored the Museo La Esquina del Juguete Popular Mexicano (Toy Museum).  We enjoyed looking at all the toys and exhibits.  I loved all the brightly colored toys! 

  

Our next stop was Parque Benito Juárez.  I had read it is the local version of Central Park and honestly it was pretty but was expecting more when compared to the Central Park. 

 

Our hotel for the night was across the street so off we went to Numu.  It was beautiful and was so happy to see Pancho. 

Pancho was less than thrilled to see us!  Pancho?  Pancho is the resident dog at Numu.  He is a beautiful dog and so well behaved.  We just chilled at new hotel on the rooftop at the restaurant/bar/pool area.  The views of the city were amazing! 

One of the draws to this hotel, other than using points to stay for free, was to have dinner on the rooftop at NOIA but change of plans and the venue is closed due to a scheduled event.  As I checked in, I confirmed our dinner reservations and was told we were good to go.  Not one person mentioned when I confirmed the reservation when we arrived.  You can’t make me believe that an event just ‘popped’ up that would close an entire restaurant.  As you can imagine I was a bit annoyed and mad and they sort of just blew me off.  At this point what was I to do so we went to the new location and no one was there!  NO ONE!  I asked two different people and no one followed up with me.  It really did annoy me that a high-end hotel did not seem to want to help.  I saved a nice dinner for the last night due to the restaurant’s terrace view and now we are on the ground floor with four concrete walls.   About 40 minutes after our reservation, someone showed up to serve us.  I felt as if we were an after-thought and the meal was nothing special like I was expecting. 

We I was feeling a bit bummed at our dinner situation so we hiked back to town for one last churro.  

We took one last walk around the center before heading back to our hotel.  

It all worked out but still disappointing how it was handled.  I am an understanding person and would have been okay if they would have been honest and upfront about the situation when we checked in but to send me an email 30 minutes before our dinner reservation was unacceptable!  Enough about that . . . at least Pancho was there for us when we arrived back!