It's kind of a chilly morning here in Querétaro, but I've got my coffee, my coconut milk. No
worries. Since so many of you have expressed interest
in Querétaro, possibly moving to Querétaro, I thought that it would be fun to show you
what a day in my life looks like here. It's also an opportunity for you to get to know
me a little bit better. I'm Alex and I have my blog and this YouTube channel Backpacking Brunette,
and I'm an American expat who has been living in Querétaro for almost three years. Today.
I'm sharing with you what a day in my life looks like.
You can't expect me to record a day in my life without first eating breakfast, got some
eggs and some mango. And that is my boyfriend Taylor. You'll be seeing a lot of him today.
After breakfast, we head out into the city center and make our way over to the ATM, but
I'm going to go ahead and take you down one of my favorite streets in Querétaro, this
is Andador Libertad, and it is pedestrian only. I absolutely love that, and think that
this little street is so picturesque. It is not even 11:00 AM yet, but you can see that
people are already out families, couples. There's a tiny dog up there. That cafe on
the left is Breton, it's a French bistro and it is super popular with brunchers, especially
on the weekend. But, as you know, we already ate breakfast, so no stopping at Breton today.
I usually try not to go on Sundays anyway because it is so busy, but like I said, just
making our way through the city center, past a few of my other favorite places in the city,
like our Parque Alameda, which is right across the street there. And
we are headed somewhere very, very special. Alrighty, I'm going to go ahead and pull my
mask down, because we're on the street pretty much by ourselves right now. Taylor and I
are walking to the plant market and it's a little bit outside of the city center, but
pretty easy to get to, and the walk is nice. We've walked there a handful of times, obviously
to buy plants and stopped at the ATM before we came, because we only had 900 pesos between
us, and I am ready to buy some plants. Look, who's here to welcome us to Mercado
de las Flores. Two Mexican hairless dogs. I seriously love the plant market so so much.
It is one of my favorite places in Querétaro. There are all kinds of plants, all kinds of
flowers here, and it is just such an amazing place. I've been here four maybe five times
since moving to Querétaro, and each and every time I could just spend hours here. So I always
try to come with a plan because I know Taylor would kill me if I spent all day here.
All right, we got our first plant of the day called [foreign language 00:04:14] Estrella
or Palma Estrella?
Palma Estrella.
Palma Estrella. It's so cute, I love it. Going to the plant market is all fun and games
until the Uber driver doesn't know where to pick you up. So we're literally just standing
here on the curb with our plants. And Taylor's trying to talk to the guy on the phone to
figure out when he's going to come or where he even is. I don't know. Uber did something
weird with the address. So hopefully we get picked up soon. We can take our new plant
babies home. All right, Taylor and I just picked up lunch
from one of our favorite places in the neighborhood, El Marlincito. Their seafood is so good. And
now we're just on our way back to the house to eat, and my mask it's making it making
hard to talk and walk. But [inaudible 00:05:32] to eat, but first, we've got to pick up some
cerveza. Taylor is downstairs. He is watching the NBA
playoffs and I'm just up here doing some plant maintenance stuff. We've just been chilling
all afternoon, but I thought I would show you all the different plants that we got from
the market today and where I put them. So all in all, I would have to say that it
was a very successful Sunday at the plant market. My absolute favorite way to spend
a Sunday. We got eight plants in all, of varying sizes, but most of them like middle-sized,
and that cost us, in case you're curious, around 960 pesos, which comes out to around
$44 USD. So eight plants for $44. It is almost 7:30. So definitely time for us to eat dinner.
Taylor is washing up some dishes on the other side of the kitchen, and I'm going to make
some guac for our tacos. What do we have here? Some beans, tortillas,
chicken with some veggies and guac of course. Thanks for making dinner T.
Now that we are finished eating our delicious tacos, I think it's time for me to head into
the kitchen to clean up. But before I do, I just wanted to say thank you for following
along with this day in my life. I hope that now you have a better idea of what it's like
to live in Querétaro, Mexico. And if you liked this video, you will love following
me on Instagram. I am always sharing snippets of my daily life here. If you have any questions
about moving to Mexico, living in Querétaro, then leave those in the comments, and I will
be sure to get back to them. I'm Alex from backpackingbrunette.com. Thanks for watching.
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