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We arrived in San Miguel de Allende, a town that’s known for being both breathtaking—hilly, narrow cobblestone-lined roads, incessant church bells, golden rooftop sunsets, cinematic turns everywhere you look—and, because of this, full of wealthy visitors from Mexico City and a lot of retirees (a.k.a. newfound artists), including many American…

From Atotonilco, we drove to San Miguel. What a beautiful drive.

For our last day in Guadalajara, Eric Rubin came down from San Francisco to show us the ropes. Eric, the man behind Tres Agaves tequila, is down in Mexico five or six times a year checking in on his agave. He might be from Tennessee, but he knows his stuff….

We headed out to Tequila on Saturday. Hiring a driver for the day cost us about $80 (with tip)—not bad for a roundtrip drive of three hours, plus a very kind man named Nicasio who drove us out to Herradura, waited patiently for us while we had a tour of…