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But I don’t think I would want to live there.

Funny though, what makes some places touristy and others not. San Cristobal de las Casas, for instance, is a beautiful colonial city almost overrun with foreigners. Queretaro is a colonial city probably just as beautiful (except maybe the lack of surrounding mountains) but I spotted maybe 2 other foreigners my whole time there.

What makes a place touristy, then? Queretaro’s three hours from Mexico City, friendly, clean, cheap and full of lovely plazas and churches, so there’s no obvious answer. I guess it’s just all about the hype.

In any case, I didn’t really get the chance to get the most out of the town, since it was pouring and I spent all my time going around to universities looking for work. My general impression, though, is that while Queretaro is certainly beautiful I don’t know that I’m dying to live there. As my friend says, it seems to lack a certain “spunk.” You know, that certain lively feeling that makes you want to live somewhere.

I’m now in Guadalajara, and though it’s still pouring I’ve gotten more of the right vibe here. In two days it’s on to Morelia, so hopefully sometime soon I will find my home in Mexico.