Alhóndiga

The circle shaped dents in the building near the windows are from the attempts of the Indigenous troops to kill the Spaniards - by tying big rocks to ropes and whipping them up to the windows. Not very successful against the guns of the Spaniards.

just another week

August 25th 2008
Hola amigos! Well another week has gone by which means I have now been in Guanajuato for a month. This is just crazy to me. I'm sure for all of you back home who miss me dearly think time is just crawling by... 😊....but for me it is just flying! And even though I miss all of you, I absolutely love it here. People keep saying I will go through a phase where I just want to come home, but r ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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