HAIL TO SAN MIGUEL

The weather in San Miguel Allende (SMA) has been very unusual for the month of January. We arrived in SMA on January 2nd from Oaxaca. While in Oaxaca for the month of December 2009, we had very nice warm weather. While taking walks, we were always looking for the shady side of the street.


Upon our arrival to SMA, it started to rain. Rain in January is very unusual. For the next two weeks, we suffered through a very cold spell. Also a very unusual period of time. Then we had some normal weather mixed with some very cloudy days. Then we had snow, the first snow in over 33 years. Well, on Sunday, it started to rain in the afternoon. It continued to rain non-stop.

We had dinner plans with a group of friends at a Rinconcito’s. It is a local restaurant here in Colonia San Antonio. At 8:00 that night the rain subsided and the hail began, we were sipping wine and making idle chit chat at our dinner table. Soon the sound of hail pounding the restaurant was deafening. Sam went over to the window, opened it, and was amazed at the hail on the window sill. One of our friends grabbed a handful of hail and made an ice ball.

Just another day in Mexico. Hail to San Miguel!