Blogs from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, North America - page 8

Okay, so wow. I am writing from an internet place within in walking distance of my house. Yesterday, after my last entry I ran into a group of students and we all walked around for a bit together. If yesterday when I wrote, I was a little anxious I had a 180 degree turn around when I found other students and wasn´t alone anymore! We checked in with our program dicector, Miguel who is super awesome. He told us that there was a special celebration in downtown Morelia that night to celebrate the Cathedral and also told us some good places to eat. So, at eight, I walked with a literal mob of american students about ten blocks to la catedral. the police had blocked off the street, people were selling balloons and cotton candy ... read more

ENGLISH Our route from the butterflies north to Chihuahua to catch a train through the Copper Canyon was chosen because we liked the sound of a few cities on the way: Queretaro; Guadalajara; Guanajuato; Zacatecas. In the end we swapped Guadalajara for Morelia as Guadalajara was a bit out of the way Either way here's some photos of what we found FRENCH Après les papillons accrochés aux arbres et les églises à moitié ensevelies par la lave, nous avons mis le cap plein Nord pour des villes aux sonorités qu'on aime bien: Queretaro, Guanajuato, Zacatecas et Chihuahua. Les trois premières villes sont résolument coloniales... Les espagnols (entre autre missionaires et architectes) sont passés par là, c'est clair. Chihuahua, par contre, c'est autre chose... Il faut traverser un désert pour l'atteindre. Certains diront que c'est le "vrai ... read more

Mexico celebrates Halloween, the way Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. They get a day and a half off. This year Dia De Muertos was on a Thursday, so we didn't have school on Thursday or Friday. I decided to stay in Pachuca on Wednesday night. I went out with my neighbors. My friends told me about a party that they were going to after work. I met them around midnight... and one of their dad's drove us to the party. But it ended by the time we got there. So I ended up eating tacos with her and her dad until 2am. It wasn't a party, but free food was involved, so that made it awesome. On Thursday, I made my way towards Patzcuaro, Michoacan. It is supposed to be a huge party to celebrate dead relatives. But ... read more