I arrived here at around 5 pm, after a 4 hour bus ride from ZAC to Leon, a 1 hour ride from Leon to GTO, and a 30 min ride from the station to the center on a chicken bus. The bus dropped me off in the periphery of the central historical area, but considering the view that opened up to me while entering the city, and the fact that the ride only cost 4 pesos, it was worth it. GTO is, at first glance, an amazing city. It is already giving ZAC a run for its money. And it did, at least in the eighteenth-century when GTO overcame ZAC as the top silver-producing area in Spanish America. Not only was it more abundant in silver than legendary Potosi, but it was richer than the entire viceroyalty of Peru.
This is a medieval city par excellence. Road directions have no rhyme or reason, and the buildings are packed together. The weather is beautiful here too, being allmost as beautiful as ZAC. GTO has welcomed me nicely.
There are a lot of students here, many international ones studying Spanish. Lots of european club music echoing down the streets, which nicely contrasts the colonial feel.
I visited the Casa de Moneda today and wandered about. Tomorrow I will visit the mines.
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