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Curious Guanajuato City Curious Traveler

Premiered March 06, 2019
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Curious Guanajuato City

Why is there a stone giant holding a flame, high in the hills overlooking Guanajuato City? How did silver help shape this town? Why are its streets and alleys so winding, and what happened to the Guanajuato River? What does Guanajuato's main church have to do with the King of Spain? Why does the town’s marketplace look like a Paris train station? And its theatre like the Paris Opera House?

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Curious Traveler

Who? What? Where? Why? When? and How? Come along and get curious on an educational & entertaining field trip for grown-ups around the world. Award-winning host & travel writer Christine van Blokland shares her insatiable curiosity for our exciting, inspiring and beautiful world in this unique travel series.

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