Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 733

Well everyone, Writing once again from my home here in Monterrey, Físicos 380 (interior). The past few weekends have been somewhat low-key, which is really nice. I completed my 2nd (and longest) internship paper this past week, I've been learning about Mexican culture and politics, I've surveyed more foreign visitors at the Museum, and I am now a Spanish compound sentence expert! I've said this before: time is seriously whipping by. Reality check: I've been here for 3.5 months!! Where did the time go?! This coming week begins our 11th week of classes, which end November 17. Finals occur the two weeks that follow. And then I've got some time set aside to either lay low in Monterrey or maybe explore another part of Mexico. I came here wanting to see and do everything imaginable in ... read more

07.10.06 Gegen 04.30 Uhr kamen schon die ersten Passagiere. Sie waren nicht sehr leise, sodass ich nicht mehr richtig schlafen konnte. Um 05.00 Uhr stand ich auf und machte mich parat. Dann wollte ich zur Hauptstrasse laufen. Doch zwei Leute sagten mir, dass es gefaehrlich sei. Ich war nun ein wenig im Zweifel, ob ich bis 06.00 Uhr oder laenger warten soll oder ob ich schon gehen soll. Schliesslich entschied ich, keine Zeit zu verlieren und loszulaufen. Es waren ja auch nicht mal 10 Minuten. Als ich bei der Tankstelle ankam, hatte es nicht sehr viele Leute. Und es fuhren auch nicht viele Autos vorbei. Jemand offerierte mir, er koenne mich um 06.00 Uhr zur Autobahn fahren, dieses Angebot nahm ich an. Wir brauchten zwar einige Zeit, bis wir endlich bei einer guten Stelle ankamen, aber ... read more

Soon we will be marking the historic day of my birthday. Last year I spent it in Madrid, and they declared a national holiday, and everyone got the day off, and we had a big march and stuff. Some people say it is a coincidence, because it is also Christopher Columbus day, but it wasn´t! My Birthday, Oct 12, marks the day Columbus sailed the ocean blue. So much is wrapped up in that. Now here I am, a gringo of european descent travelling in the very territories Columbus (or Colon, as we´ll call him, for he is so called here) landed upon. îmg=woah In school we are taught colon is some great man, who discovered america, but it is a lie, for others had been here before. Colon represents the doctrine of discovery: he ¨discovered¨this ... read more

Bij wijze van hoge uitzondering mag mijn moeder nu gebruik maken van deze site om iets te zeggen: Hallo vrienden en natuurlijk Ad van het thuisfront, Hier een berichtje van Anja,ben goed aan gekomen de vlucht duurde 11.00 uur maar het viel allemaal reuze mee. Gisteren en vandaag waren wij in Mexico-city de op een na grootste stad van de wereld zeer druk veel smog en lawaai zelfs s'nachts.Ook zijn we vandaag bij de piramides geweest groot en immens.van de stenen die hier vanaf komen worden beeldjes en maskers gemaakt verdere informatie hierover als ik terug kom want anders wordt het te langdradig jullie weten nu dat het goed gaat met ons en het is tot nu toe alleen maar genieten. Vele groetjes van Anja en Jos ... read more

Hello All!! After a long flight to Atlanta and a lot of meals and snacks followed by a short flight to Cahn-Cooon (the purser´s pronunciation, not ours) we arrived at our hostel (Chac-Mool) in Downtown Cancun around 8pm. It´s nice and humid, around 30 degrees, a nice change from the Dutch rain :) We had yet another little snack and went to bed, and had no trouble falling asleep. I (Floor) was awoken by Krista at around 4.30 am because she was convinced there was an animal (a large spider or scorpion) walking in our airconditioning. I mumbled "no don´t worry it´s a cat or a bird" (obviously) and went straight back to sleep. Today we explored the Av. Tulum and then took a bus to the Hotel Zone, we didn´t fall for the bus driver´s ... read more