Blogs from Guanajuato, Mexico, North America - page 21

Guanajuato, Mexico is a breathtaking state complete with rolling hills, vibrant cities, and picturesque landscapes. Its inhabitants value their culture, take pride in their history, and love their country. So why do so many of my students’ families leave their home in the hills to make a new home in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania? The answer is two-fold - to find work and to educate their children. This past summer I experienced Guanajuato for myself. After just one week in this beautiful state I understood why it would be so hard to leave and I learned why so many have to. Initial Learnings I arrived in Mexico at 1:30 in the afternoon on Sunday June 24th. My traveling companions (13 graduate students, two interpreters and one professor from West Chester University) and I were just in time ... read more

I have been thinking a lot about how I feel to no longer be in school. I have been having a huge inner debate about whether I made the right decision in not going to grad school. There seemed to be a lot of unspoken expectations that the correct path after college (maybe not the correct path, but the only valuable path) was to continue in school. It has been so strange to be out on my own without any sort of limits or boundaries. I have a job, but it’s a job where I set the parameters, where I decide what I need to do, where I have no one to report too, no one giving me work. It’s a job where I am the director, president and staff. It seems I have jumped face ... read more

Well this is obviously my new trend to be delayed on my blog. So let me see…. I’ve covered Mexico City. Well after Mexico City just another passing week accept for one big thing. We had a big 80s party. It was great tons of people came and everybody dressed up. As seen in the picture we did 80s with a nice twist!! School thus far has been going well, the work is picking up but the learning/teaching style here is very different then that at school. The change is nice. My Spanish is improving, but I still get nervous sometimes when I speak but once I get into the groove it flows a lot better. I have noticed that my comprehension level is near perfect now, YAY!!! I have been taking salsa lessons amongst ... read more

I’m sitting in the spare bedroom, Segi is on my lap, and we’re listening to a party that has been going on since early this morning, since about 4. All of September here is pretty much a huge party. Yesterday was Independence Day, and let me tell you, it put the United States to shame (something that Mexico does a lot, actually). Maybe this is just unique to Denver, maybe it is different across the United States, but most of my fourth of Julys have consisted of barbecuing, watching fire works, and setting off fireworks. There never really included anything particularly patriotic, except for the few years I was the statue of liberty in the Southern Hills 4th of July parade (which, by the way, I hated). I can’t think of a song that I heard ... read more

Relaxing days in San Miguel So, here we are, 3 months into our Mexico adventure and life is getting better each day. The weather in San Miguel remains perfect day after day. We still get light rain showers most afternoons, but it doesn’t last long, and keeps the place from drying out. We love the loud, earth shaking thunderstorms that keep us glued to the window in amazement, bringing that fresh, rain scented breeze into the house. Since the last journal blog, we’ve finished Spanish school, had a visit from Craig (fellow Oregonian / world traveler) and have had a change in our future travel plans. We have found life here to be very simple and if you look in the right places, you can find just about everything you need. One of the things ... read more