Hotel Emporio Veracruz

... it's made up -- they had a couple of Italian restaurants along one street and so deemed it Little Italy. Probably very cynical of me. The W Hotel is happening tonight ... some big wine tasting event. Lots of sleek young bodies in high heels and/or tight pants. Both men and women. Very amusing. I definitely felt out of place ... <br>

At work all day, then late afternoon flight. No problems with flight at all ... arrived, got rental car, then drove the few miles to the W Hotel. Very swank. The "living room" bar was happening ... but we just went to our rooms, then met for dinner at Rice, the embedded restaurant, which serves Cuban/Asian fusion. Food was fine, not fab.<br><br>Room is fun ... there's a chalkboard (that received a bit of J. Alfred Prufrock from me) and a window seat. And the linens are wonderful.<br><br><br>

... and i had a rewarding day exploring it. It was the place where the Spanish entered Mexico and became their first settlement, so lots of history. Wandered around a fort, went to see some manatees in an aquarium (they weren´t there) and got chatting to a local historian at the Museum. It was a nice little spot to break up my journey, but i have got my first overnight bus tonight!<br><br>

Hello from the Boca del Rio! And Happy Birthday to my dear, dear friend, Esther Mills! I hope you had a great day and a fun birthday :) Miss and love you!<br><br>It was a productive day today :) Unfortunately, it was rainy! And cloudy! Come on, Veracruz! I don't know when I'll get here again! Shine the light (yes, yes, it's an UWP song) and spread those rays! <br><br>Please?<br><br>Andy, Jorge and I work very well together. We can ...

... and was then happy for the rest of the day! I went for another wander around Horton Plaza and found myself a nice spot in the sun to enjoy my drink and just chill out for a bit. Having done some more shopping I took all my things back to the hotel, dreading the idea of trying to pack later than evening. I then headed out for a walk around the convention centre. This is a fantastic building ...

... we´d found yet. we discovered in the morning there were guests and a staff after all, everyone was just whooping it up in Veracruz the night before.<br><br>Anyway, back to Mary. December 12th is a national holiday in Mexico. It is a holiday celebrating the "mother" of the country, (Mary) The Virgin of Guadalupe. Here´s the basic background story....... In 1531, a poor peasant guy sees Mary (yes, THE MARY, the mother of Jesus ...

... in my mouth from the spicy picante. !! as I was sitting in the internet cafe writing this I was hit up by a child selling chiclets gum for a peso (10 cents) I had to buy it just because it´s stereotypical!! If a person in Mexico says something will take two days, it will take three or four, if they say an hour, it will take two, and if they say they will be back in five minutes, find something to do for a half hour. It´s more like people here say how long they WANT it to take, and ...

We were finally packed and ready to go!! except we forgot to get a gas can.. and sun screen. and water for 3 weeks. and food " " ". and a fishing pole in case we run out of food. and a book on how to fish in case i don't remember how from ...

... sa na zapadne pobrezie kvoli jeho mame a teraz je uz od novembra nezamestnany. Nezamestnani to tu maju naozaj tvrde. Dnes sa prisiel pozriet do San Diega, lebo mu chyba mesto. Byva tak daleko, lebo je to lacnejsie - najom okolo $800, pricom v San Diegu je to v priemere $2.000. Ja som dnes videl aj za $1.360. (To by som si aj mohol dovolit) Bolo to asi 5 min. autom od letiska. Najneskor vo stvrtok vecer som v San Diegu znova, lebo mam stretnutie v hotely ...