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North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » San Miguel de Allende September 13th 2008

After all of the buses and touring around with our friend Urian, we both became hermits in our casita. It felt so nice to not have anywhere to be (school is on break for me), or anything that needed to be done, and so our days have been very quiet this past week. In order to save money, we have been having all of our meals at home and buying fresh vegetables almost everyday from our local vendor. Ronnie has been getting a ton of artwork done, which was his whole goal for coming down to Mexico. I, too, have been doing more art. I have been working on illustrations for a fashion challenge blog that Ronnie turned me on to. We have also been doing a lot of reading and I have been hooked on ... read more
Agave Needles
Perfect Pepper
A Mexican Truck

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato September 9th 2008

Hola! Sorry it's been a while since I last wrote. Things have been pretty busy here for me, but I've also been having a lot of fun. The weekend before last I went to a chef expo with Jesús, as he had to go for his school. I got to sample lots of delicious food and also watch him and his classmates help out a somewhat famous Mexican chef do a demonstration. She made this amazing looking cake (see picture) but it of course was way above my level of baking skills, so I won't be making this cake anytime soon. On Sunday our group went to a fútbol (soccer) game in Leon. You probably know that soccer is the popular sport here, and everyone is pretty crazy about it, so it was great to experience ... read more
The crowd
Of Course...
water

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato September 2nd 2008

Hey Everyone! Thought I should show you some pictures of my house...so here's a tour... :)... read more
Dining Room
Sitting Room
Inside mi casa

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato 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 right now I couldn't be enjoying myself any more. I also can't believe how much I've learned in a month. Hopefully my Spanish has improved somewhat, but it's difficult to tell. There are days when I honestly feel like I know nothing. I have to have people repeat everything, or ask them to slow down multiple ... read more
My señora
Mis Padres
Mis padres dancing


Friday was the day that we had been looking forward to for weeks. We had saved enough money to treat each other to a day at "The Spa," in Centro. The day started with Ronnie surprising me with a bunch of red and white carnations. The flowers themselves were amazing, but so was the fact the Ronnie was able to go out and buy them without speaking any Spanish and dragging Byron along. No easy task I am sure! Then off to Centro! We had a light breakfast in the Biblioteca restaurant Santa Ana. They have some neat 50 peso breakfasts and we were also able to pick up the newest edition of Atencion, the English paper. Then we walked several blocks to the Spa. It was housed in a funky little hotel with all sorts ... read more
Yes, this is the library
Ronnie at the Spa Dinner
Bento Dinner!


Ronnie and I love the Olympics. Seeing so many countries compete in so many different sports...the pressure of it all! Sadly, we don't really get the Olympics here in English. Eleanor does and she was nice enough to invite us down to watch Phelps break many records and whenever we felt like watching it in the evenings, but in general, we can't really watch it in the casita...so we found our new favorite afternoon event...going to an expat bar to order tacos, burgers, fries, beer and tequila while watching the Olympics in Spanish on a big screen tv. We discovered this bar one night while walking around with Dad the day after the Olympics had started. They had a window open and people were cheering at the big screen. Ronnie and I decided to check it ... read more
Siesta Time
Byron is learning how to use the internet
Byron and RC working hard

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato August 19th 2008

Gaunajuato is the capital of Guanajuato state. An old and important city in Mexico's history. Diego Rivera was born here; his house is now a small museum. A battle here against the Spanish in 1810 was the first major victory for Hidalgo and the independence movement. When he was captured the following year his head was put on a spit to illustrate the consequences for rebellion. I completely fell in love with this town. Walking throught the streets I had the feeling that this was home, that this is where I am supposed to be. We shall see...... read more
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Guanajuato, Guanajuato

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato August 19th 2008

Photos from the first 3 weeks here in Guanajuato - Finally! A very small sampling, considering I already have about 350 pictures! To view them, it's easiest to click on the first one, then they will be bigger, and at the top you can click through them. Enjoy!... read more
View from my school
My street
Looking down my street

North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato August 18th 2008

Hola! Well I have now been in Guanajuato for 3 weeks - which is just crazy! Time already feels like it is going by very quickly! Last Monday I started my classes. I like them all, and the professors are all really awesome. I have Literature of Latin America, Conversation, and Grammar. I start at 8 and am done by 12 so I really like the schedule. Not too much homework yet, so I really like that as well. We also started salsa dancing classes last week! It is sooooo much fun, even though I'm really not good at all. We have classes, which are free, twice a week. Lots and lots of fun. One time I had a Mexican partner who helps out with the class, and it was pretty awesome having a partner who ... read more
Baby mummy
Mom and World's Smallest Mummy
More mummies...


I think the tallest person I have ever seen was a famous basketball player when I was a kid, who stood 7’7. Well, I have met some people that are even taller. Actually they are puppets. It all started when my partner in Spanish class was telling me how great this group was that was visiting SMA for the Camber Music Festival. They were called Synergy Brass. He said they were a hoot, playing New Orleans style jazz. Even more exciting was that they were going to play in the Jardin and then lead people with their music to a show in Juarez Park. I knew that this was something Dad and I had to see. As the day of the show grew closer, the more people I talked to, the more knew about the parade ... read more
Babes in the Jardin
Dancing in the Park
Dad...Babes...and Me!




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