the view

celebrating and traveling...oh how I love Mexico

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September 23rd 2008
Hola! Time is still flying by - I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since my last entry - and I have done a lot since then! Two weekends ago was my long weekend, as I had Monday and Tuesday off from school for Independence Day. That Saturday I went to a nearby city called San Miguel de Allende. It's smaller than Guanajuato so there wasn't a whole lot to do. We walked around, ate some amazing ... read more

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato

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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