el fuerte

A little more about my time in Mexico

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June 7th 2007
So besides visiting with my family in Mexico, I did do a few other things... Ivonne, a girl who works for my host dad took me downtown to the "Zocalo" of Puebla one day to walk around, visit a museum and have some lunch while everyone in the family was either at work or school. She was a sweetheart and I got to practice quite a bit of Spanish with her. The week before I left was filled with ... read more

North America » Mexico » Puebla

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more