Blogs from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, North America

What a full day! The Tec de Monterrey Campus Querétaro had a packed schedule for us today. After Sarah, Aly, Erin, Ulysses, Louis and I had an awesome breakfast in the hotel, Diego picked us up and we headed over to the Tec campus, where we met up with the other students and the rest of the Tec team. After a couple welcome speeches and lots of coffee, a woman from the international office led us in an icebreaker game. We stood in a circle and tossed a ball of string from person to person. Whoever had the ball introduced themselves and talked about why he/she wanted to come to Mexico. Each held on to their segment of the string, so by the end of the game it made a net, which she said represented the ... read more

Teresa's perspective as our stay came to an end: April, 2007 It doesn’t seem possible but we’ve been here since December 28th, 2006. In some ways it has been a roller coaster of emotion, transition, adjustments, and exploration, and settling in. Now, with only 2 months left to go it causes me to be introspective about these last weeks. I also feel that with four months under my belt that I can be a little more accurate in my depiction of life in central Mexico. It has been really fun to have the opportunity to compare the customs of the U.S. with the ones here in Mexico. We are two different countries that geographically are so close but yet are so different in so many ways. The main areas that differ are cultural. Here in Mexico ... read more

As I begin my ninth and final entry to this trips blog I look back with great memories some challenging moments I feel blessed that I was able to go to San Miguel De Allende. After taking a 3 hour bus trip from Queretero to Mexico City starting at 9:00AM We arrived home late Friday night 12:00 midnight exhausted but happy to be home in our own place. Nothing is better than returning home and finding all as you eft it. So now a rainy but quiet Sunday afternoon I thought I would put up some random pictures and videos of the last few days of our trip. After my last entry on the 2nd I took a few days off from the Blog and then the remaining time just flew by. We kept so busy ... read more

Tepic, Nayarit, a 30 de noviembre del 2009. Muchos saludos a todos. Ahí van unas fotos de la zona de monumentos históricos de Querétaro, nombrada por la UNESCO como patrimonio de la humanidad. Su nombre completo y verdadero es "Santiago de Querétaro", pero nadie se refiere a ella por su nombre completo, salvo documentos oficiales; imagínense antes, para referirse a ella tenían que poner: "en la ciudad de Santigado de Querétaro del Estado de Querétaro de Arteaga"... demasiado rollo... (ya arreglaron el nombre del Estado, ahora falta el de la ciudad). La ciudad es grande (600 mil almas queretanas + los turistas), pero no abundo mucho en platicar de la ciudad porque es famosa y ustedes ya la conocen. Es muy bonita y por todos lados venden "gorditas", que aquí en Querétaro son mucho más grandes ... read more

Luis, another close family friend of Pablo's, and his driver picked us up in Guanajuato after we scurried to get our bags down the stairs from my place. During the ride to Querétaro, Pablo and Luis talked and talked about brewing beer, a hobby that Pablo and I share back home. We got to their house and were greated by Martita. The four of us went for a light dinner at a sandwich shop near by, then off to bed. In the morning Martita helped us prepare our lunches for the bus ride to Mexico City, which in Mexico is usually referred to as just "Mexico," or "D.F." for Distrito Federal. We had heard some rumors of a bad flu outbreak yesterday, and a little more today. Martita gave us masks to wear on the bus ... read more