Queretaro Mexico

ok so i am going to probably going to confuse matters by posting photos from the past, writing overviews and reflections from the trip, and now posting about my present location and experience...it seems fitting that everything is all jumbled, it is how i feel at the moment.

here i am in this sweet colonial town with it's strong Spanish influence and important place in Mexican history and i am just wandering. i arrived yesterday afternoon, am here all day today and leave tomorrow for...well that has yet to be determined, Guanajuato or Guadalajara i suppose. anyway, it is a beautiful town, the kind all tourists to Mexico want to see with lovely colors and incredible architecture, small little streets that wind into fountains and ornate churches, and vendors selling art and textiles and fresh fruit and sweet candies.

and i wonder, "what am i doing here?"

i stop in the churches, walk down the streets, eat fresh mango as i sit in one of the many parks, drink strong coffee with the locals at the plaza, visit a museum, and take photos of the statues or streets or churches or whatever else seems to call out, "i am Queretaro!"

all the while there is this dumb song playing in my head...

smile, though your heart is aching

smile, even though it's breaking

when there are clouds in the sky

you'll get by...

if you smile
with your fear and sorrow

smile and maybe tomorrow

you'll find that life is still worthwhile

if you just...

light up your face with gladness

hide every trace of sadness

although a tear may be ever so near

that's the time you must keep on trying

smile, what's the use of crying

you'll find that life is still worthwhile

if you just... smile

i think it is just one of those days. just goes to show no matter where you are or what you are doing, you can have just one of those days.