Hotel Casablanca Inn Queretaro

... shop owners put on a huge markup and reap great profits.

Having attended to that urgent errand, I spent most of the rest of my first week here just wandering about and getting my bearings. I have plenty of photos to add to this entry so won't go into long descriptions. The title describes my reaction to what I've seen so far. I also attended some interesting meetings, including one about archtypes, another about the book A Course in Miracles that I ...

I woke up early this morning and made myself a cup of coffee before heading to the Queretaro Language School which was a couple of blocks away. I had noticed the night before that there was a market two blocks north of the guest house, so I decided to swing by there on my way to the school. I'm glad I did because out front I saw a handful of vendors selling tamales and warm atole. I listened in as people ordered and then I myself ordered a ...

... tickets to the luggage man. When I pointed to my bag, the luggage man asked for my ticket and when I couldn't produce it he shook his head. After all the bags were taken, he wheeled my suitcase past me and into the terminal! A kind traveler who spoke English offered to take me to the bus counter and was able to convince the Primera Plus attendant that the lonely suitcase was mine.

I bought a ticket to ...

Encore une fois de retour à Queretaro, cette fois avec maman et les soeurettes !
Queretaro, selon moi la plus belle ville du Mexique parmi celles que j'ai pu visiter...et où j'ai vécu entre janvier et septembre 2007.

Pleine d'églises multicolores, de ruelles sympathiques, de fundas où la nourriture est délicieuse (surtout "La fuente de Lupita", situ ...

... ones, more usually a bunch of students with bottles of mezcal & a boom box! Sadly haven't done either as all public gatherings banned until 6th May!! Went to have a look at the acqueduct that still carries water 12km to the city, but otherwise nothing spectacular here - one night enough especially as not cheap and spent a hot sweaty mosquito ridden night! For the last 3 weeks ...

Trucha et Emilie sont au Mexique !!!

Après avoir passé 5 jours au Yucatan, à Tulum, ils reviennent sur Mexico bien bronzés, cramés même.

Pour ce 2eme week end ensemble nous partons visiter un joyau colonial tout proche de Mexico : la ville de Querétaro. Mon pote et ex-colocataire lorque je vivais la bas, Thibaut, nous a prêté sa maison située sur les hauteurs de la ville ...

Just accommodation for now................

Accommodatio n

Whilst here I stayed at the centrally located Hotel Posada Diamante, Iganacio Allende Sur 45, Centro Historico, Tel: 01(442)212-6637, www.posadadiamante.com.mx . This was a fine budget to mid-range Hotel with all en-suite rooms having cable TV and excellent jet showers. Their ...

... español en México). Mi amiga Raquel y yo volamos de San Luis a LAX y de LAX a la Cuidad de Mexico. Fue cerca de 13 ó 14 horas y después esperamos en el auropuerto para otro 13 ó 14 hora porque la escuela fue confudido a que hora llegamos. También, Querétaro es cerca de 3 horas de la Ciudad de México. Viajamos para dos días más or menos. Tuve mucho sueño cuando llegué a la casa donde voy a quedar durante las proximas cuatro meses.

We took a one day side trip to neighboring Queretaro, a city of about 1 million people with a light industrial and distribution base for good employment. It has a historical town center that is very flat and easily walkable. It was also a center of the Mexican Independence in 1810. You can get there easily from SMA by bus and it is worth about 1/2 to 3/4 of a day. Various tour groups also do day trips from SMA and you could hire a driver/ guide but going by ...

... a former huge monastery and seminary begun in 1540. The bus ride back to Jurica was a hair raising experience. Some of you will remember the ride in Puerto Vallarta when a lady accused the driver of being a "driver from hell". Our driver was his brother. We sat in the front seat so as to better see the route back. We won't do that again. Day 4 ....... After a quiet Monday, we went back into town on the five peso bus. The drivers in ...