Bernal and Tequisquiapan

This past weekend we had our first day trip, and we visited Bernal and Tequisquiapan. Both are very closed to Queretaro, only an hour bus ride but even if it was a longer drive, the shopping you can do in both Bearnal and Tequisquiapan is oh so worth it!!

We arrived in Bernal around 9 a.m. and most places were still closed but I was able to see one of the biggest rock in the world, La Peña of Bernal and it is said that the people of Bernal enjoy extraordinary longevity. I don't know if that is true or not but I did see several older people, maybe because I was told that and now I am on the lookout. Although there were not many shops open we did find a few and took advantaged that there were not many people there, the only bad thing was having to rush to make it back to our bus on time and to make matters worse we waited on this hot bus for 45 minutes while we waited for those who decided to climb La Peña, and it wouldn't been so bad if they (meaning the primos) would of lets us go back to shop some more. After "patiently" waiting for what seemed an eternity, we finally got on our way to Tequisquiapan.

La Peña of Bernal

The drive was short, which was nice because we were starving. Misty, Steph, Tish and I searched for a good place to have lunch. We sat on the main plaza overlooking the church and had a quick bite; we were all ready to shop.

If I could find a few words to describe Tequisquiapan it would be "Shopper's dream", here you can find just about anything, from hand waved baskets, blankets, pottery and jewelry. I was able to find a lot of neat stuff to take back and a few little things for me too, unfortunately times flies when you are spending money and before we knew it was time to leave.




Overall it was a really fun weekend and I hope it will be just as great this next one when we visit San Miguel de Allende.