http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/marty-and-michelle/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from marty and michelle en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:21:56 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:21:56 +0000 Hi.Wow it was a whirlwind summer and we have not taken enough time to share it with you our friends and families. I've sat down numerous times to write some of the highlights but have struggled to complete it. It was the end of the growing season when I first started this entry now everything that was growing is under snow. Why does it always seem more difficult to do this when it's just http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Traverse-City/blog-216407.html This is long overdue but I'd like to take this opportunity to let you our scattered friends know that we have indeed settled into a beautiful farmhouse in southeast Leelanau County just 8 miles from Traverse City. We actually moved in at the beginning of February but you know how moving goes. This past weekend we had a wonderful housewarming party and it was indeed very warming to have so http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Traverse-City/blog-137999.html yes it's true we're still on the road but today marks the last leg of our bicycle tour. We will be riding from the Wagbo Peace Center and Providence Farm in East Jordan to Blackbird Gardens in Petoskey our final stop We have managed to slip rides into sunny days in what has otherwise been a wet October in Northern Michigan and it looks like today will also be sunny and pleasant but there http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/blog-99080.html howdy friends we wanted to let our people that's you know that our bike tour is going well...we're about half way through and still enjoying the riding farming and meeting new and interesting people. We've been keeping a running blog going at www.glbconference.orgcsatour2006 and I know many of you have been following us there but we thought a little howdy through these convenient mean http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/blog-81974.html hey friends it's been nearly a month and a half that we've been back in the good ole estamos unidos a little pun I shared with a nuez vendor in Oaxaca. While being back has it's pluses and minuses we've really enjoyed reconnecting with friends and family and preparing for our next adventure.If you haven't already heard Michelle and I are spending our summer and fall on a bicycle tour of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-62746.html happy easter from Oaxaca. This will be a short one no photos but we will be back in Michigan the night of the 19th so there will be plenty of pictures and stories to share in person.Chiapas We took an overnight bus from Puerto Escondido to San Cristobal de las Casas site of the 1994 Zapatista uprising and takeover of the city. San Cristobal is a beautiful beautiful city reminiscent o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-53204.html Well howdy all Mucho perdons for falling so far behind on sharing our travels...We're currently in Palenque Chiapas. I will try to quickly outline a bit of where we've been and what we've seen and leave the detailed stories for when we return...in tminus 9 daysA friend comes for a visitMany of you know Solomon Townsend. Those of you who don't should. We were going to visit Solomon at his http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-51634.html Our last days at Tashirat were spent largely at a computer believe it or not As our final contributions to the garden and greenhouse we put together a rough crop plan for the community. Marty did a costbenefit analysis of the major crops they wanted to grow and determined that lettuce tomatoes cucumbers and celery made economic sense to grow for themselves. Michelle wrote up info sh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-51628.html Greetings everyone. The days and weeks have gone by sooo quickly here. It's hard to imagine how to share the events of our routine at Tashirat our yoga is certainly improving and becoming more comfortable every day the vivero greenhouse is getting greener as the many seeds we put in the ground weeks ago are stretching into the diffuse sunlight and beginning their magical dance. We're putti http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-45895.html Since Marty and I are such food heads I thought this topic deserved an entry of its own. The food is So Much Fun here not to mention tasty fresh beautiful weird you name it we've probably experienced it or are about to. Three categories1. Plain and Raw Here's the thing the yoga center where we're living is very health and nutritionfocused. So we all think and talk about food http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-42098.html Greetings We have been here in Tepoztlan and living in the Tashirat community for nearly 3 weeks. Its time to let you all know whats been going on...Tepoztlan and the surrounding hillsides are a very magical place of sharp mountains and rock outcrops. Nearly everything is volcanic and on a clear day or so were told you can see Popocatepetl an active volcano in this state of Morelos. E http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-42065.html The monarchs are here The offspring or even second generation I think of the monarchs we saw in Michigan Canada etc. last summer are now here in Mexico. There are three main places where they overwinter and in the mountains outside the Valle de Bravo state of Mexico Mexico is one of them. We hiked with our guide Claudio up up up a steep pinespruce mountainside to the spot about a 1 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-38846.html Greetings We've been having a wonderful time exploring D.F. districto federales or Mexico City. Despite its enormity the city is quite easy to navigate people are generally friendly we have fealt totally safe and the air has been...not too bad. The Metro subway here is absolutely incredible 2 pesos 20 cents gets you anywhere you want to go. Service is extremely frequent and the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-38639.html Were here We arrived safely yesterday in the afternoon and then successfully navigated our way todo en espanol through customs purchases making hotel reservations by phone and taking the Metro. Were staying at a wonderful hostel run by Mexico City Quakers Casa de los Amigos near the Monumento de la Revolucion. Its a very quietpeaceful beautiful place run by friendly people who are http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-36747.html Welcome to Marty Michelle's travelblog. This is where we intend to share with you our adventures in Mexico over the next 3 months.FIRST some business If you recieved an email announcement about this post you can expect to continue to get announcements as we make mosts of our upcoming Mexico adventures. If you would NOT like to get these announcements please send an email to hellermmsu.edu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-36189.html here we are in beautiful ahem grey Ann Arbor making plans buying tickets and sharing time with friends. We'll be taking the train to Chicago on Jan 16 then flying to Mexico City on the 19th For now we're learning how to use this blog so that we can share stories and photos of our travels with all of our friends. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-34727.html