This archaelogical site was discovered in 1998 and excavated since 2002. It is 30 minutes from San Miguel de Allende. We took a tour with Albert Coffey, an archaelogist who worked on the site. The Otomi people developed and lived in Canada de la Virgen from about 530 to 1050 AD. The Otomi were sky watchers and the site is oriented to the sun, moon, stars, and planets. The site has controlled access via private property. The tour was incredibly interesting.
After returning to San Miguel de Allende in the afternoon, we had a late lunch and took a siesta, before returning to the Jardin for ice cream and people watching. By 6, a parade of very dressed up people started entering the cathedral... hundreds of them, with teenage girls in long dresses and platform heels, with their families or escorted by young men in their finest suits. The parade of people continued for over an hour. We sat on a bench in the Jardin for another hour, and then after brief applause, everyone started streaming out of the cathedral, with mariachis playing just outside the cathedral gate. We had no idea what was happening, but later were asked by two girls if we would take their photo. We asked what was going on and they told us it was a wedding.
"We have one every week," they told us.
