Mercado de Cuernavaca

Week 3

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July 1st 2006
No excursions this week since it was our last. We went to classes and spent a lot of time downtown making our last minute purchases form people at home. I bought my dad a sombrero in the zocalo market and we ate a LOT of Tepoznieves ice cream, especially flavors that are difficult to get at home, like rose petal ice cream. My friends decided to celebrate a fake birthday for me after I told the ... read more

North America » Mexico » Morelos » Cuernavaca

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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