Behind closed doors: Oh, what a relief it is!

Published September 30, 2022

by Robert Hawkins

It is popular and entirely appropriate in San Miguel de Allende to say “You never know what’s behind a closed door.”

Entrances on San Miguel streets give you no hint at all as to what lies behind them.

The most humble of doors can open onto a garden of Eden, a fairyland, a small village, a rabbit warren of homes, a vast and empty park, a stately hacienda, ancient ruins, a private town square surrounded by stately homes, ageless and towering trees, private roads – well, whatever imagination and money can conjure.

Or, in the labyrinthian spirit, one door could open to yet another. And another. And another. And …

As we often say here in San Miguel, “You just never know. …”

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