Blogs from Querétaro, Mexico, North America - page 4

I spent 2 months in Santiago de Queretaro in winter 2014. My main interest is colonial buildings & churches. The San Agustin church & monastery complex, located near the corner of Allende & Pino Suárez in the historic center, is a great example of the Baroque style in Latin America. In fact, it’s the most original & most artistic complex built by the Augustinian Order in New Spain. Designed by local architect Don Ignacio Mariano de las Casas & his Augustinian teacher Fray Luis Martinez Lucio, construction was carried out between 1731 and 1745. The basic construction was completed by 1736, but the decorative Baroque art work wasn’t finished until 1745. Because of the elaborate decoration of the arches & columns, this monastery was considered to be one of the finest Baroque monasteries in the Americas ... read more

Dear travelers Dear travelers in my third day in the beautiful city of Queretaro i am having so much fun So a friend of my aunt call and say that we have to know this beautiful place so sthephanie take her camera and took us a lot of photos so sorry travelers i cant post photos because i dont have my camera with me so when i have one i really going to post a lor like that so stay alarm when i buy my camara im going to post a lot of photos for you guys ! You should came here is magical and rustical but the food was expensive and not that good at all but its ok they are plenty of restaurants out there so just having fun so yes you should come ... read more

Hoy, Jueves, (today, Thursday), we caught the bus to Queretaro (pronounced keh-REH-tah-roh) for the day. It is nice when Ray can enjoy the scenery too. Mexican buses are clean, comfortable, efficient, cheap and have on-board bathrooms. (I can’t vouch for them.) We loved Queretaro. It is a big city with just under a million residents but all of the attractions are within walking distance of “el centro”. Although Queretaro is one the historical colonial cities, they have replaced their cobblestone sidewalks and streets with pedestrian/vehicle friendly stone slabs. Unlike many Mexican cities, the sidewalks are wide enough for two couples to meet and pass without one couple stepping off the curb. Traffic seemed relaxed and drivers politely allowed pedestrians to cross the street. At lunch, we chatted with Mario who told us, in excellent English, that ... read more

Whoopsies! Been a whole week since my last entry! It's been a busy, busy week. I started uni yesterday, the first class (Marketing) seems quite easy which is good, but the Spanish Language class was NUTS! I'll definitely need to invest in a tutor to have a chance at keeping up! Heading to Mexico City this weekend. We are busing down there on Friday lunch time and staying until Sunday night. Right in time for my birthday! Kaitlyn (USA), Helene (France) and I are planning a shopping trip while we are there. Can't wait, I barely packed anything to come here! The girl that used to live with my host family, Gael, is staying here again for a few days which is fun. Finally someone that speaks English! It's cool. I'm off to bed now, I ... read more

After my flight to Houston, Texas, I took a itsy bitsy little plane to Queretaro Airport (which is just a single room shed filled with scary Mexican customs officials by the way). As I came through the security screen a lady ran up and hugged me with a little love heart balloon that read "Anastacia" and was excitedly chatting to me in Spanish. It took a while to explain to her that I wasn't in fact Anastacia but Natasha... wrong host kid sorry! Anyway... MY host mum wasn't there, so I took a taxi to their house which was probably a half hour drive. The taxi driver obviously realised I didn't speak ANY spanish and was a little disoriented and scared, so called the family on the way there and had them all wait outside to ... read more