Hotel Express Mision Celaya

... and impale me. The thought makes me smile.

This morning we needed to make a decision on the tile for inside the fireplace. I am still too weak to climb the stairs so Moises brings the tiles to me and as I sit in bed he, Kevin and I discuss and decide on the pattern we want. Kevin makes a joke likening me to Marie Antoinette, lying in bed while asking my servants to do my bidding. “Let them eat cake ...

... the cat, Coco, and feasting my eyes on the colours.

I'm finding SMA very picturesque and interesting. The place is packed full of beautifully preserved or restored colonial buildings, and it simply reeks of history and atmosphere. A huge piece of land just south of the central Jardin has been walled off, and behind the walls, a condo complex, complete with tennis courts and a swimming pool is being built. The pitch for the condos is, "Now you can live ...

... estate agent and start looking at properties. Over the years we’ve picked up real estate magazines while on trips, even gone into some 'open houses’ but this was different. I’ve always known that I would someday have the opportunity of live somewhere outside the United States. To experience life in another way beyond the usual vacation experience, immerse myself in another culture and become truly fluent in another language. I had expected ...

... Kevin. This will be a good opportunity for the two to have some quality father/daughter time. That or they will kill each other. Did I mention this was an experiment?

Cruising at 35,000 feet, 30 minutes into the flight the sun begins to rise and fills the cabin with its warmth. I close my eyes and my smile becomes even broader with the realization that the next five months will be filled with moments like this.

So I'm sitting here alone on this night of festivities in a gigantic house with fireworks going off above me and I gotta say that it certainly doesn't feel very spectacular to me. I love San Miguel and I love my job and I try to do it well but it still feels as if a part of me is missing. I called my ex um situation in a moment of weakness probably said some things I shouldn't have and made ...

... meat in them and therefore their pulp once blended was thicker and added to the natural thicking of the sauces or sopas. I was utterly fascinated by the rice preparation. The rinsing of the long grain is something I do however she explained that you know it is rinsed when the water is clear during the rinsing. The next part was to ensure that it was fully dried which allowed the grains to be solid for the next step which was to fry the rice in a cup of vegetable oil until they became ...

Today came 4 hours north of Mexico City to Guanajauto a town in what is described in my guidebook as the colonial heartland of Mexico. It has a long history of mining and is where the Spanish conquistadores ripped out the gold and silver they had come for and which enriched imperial Spain. It was 4 hours of ugly industrial sprawl with only a glimpse of a fairly arid landscape. However once at the bus station and into a taxi ...

9 JANVIER 2008 Partis à 9:00 heures en compagnie des guides Connie et Thomas, nous nous rendons enthousiastes et le coeur léger à Guanajuato, capitale de l'état du même nom. Signifiant ''place des grenouilles'', Guanajuato est située dans un canyon, et a joué un rôle important dans l'histoire et notamment lors de l'indépendance du Mexique au début du 19e siècle. En 1988, Guanajuato fut déclarée ''Ville du patrimoine mondial'' par l'UNESCO, et c'est ...

... au prochain camping. À 11 h 45, « Salut la gang, on est arrivé. » Eh oui! Le serre-file et le caravanier No 19 nous ont rejoints, la caravane de ce dernier avait un problème de pompe à essence. À 12 h 25, on divise le groupe en deux et le premier groupe reprend la route, le deuxième partira dans une vingtaine de minutes, accompagné du serre-file. On prend la route 111 vers San Miguel de Allende. On se familiarise maintenant avec les premiers topes ...

... On a thursday night there were roaming groups of people drinking in the streets while following bands around and singing and screaming. That same night we ended up at a bar called the Barfly, where we met a 19 year old girl working from Oregon. She'd been studying there, however stopped a little while ago and was just bartending. She said her rent was 600 pesos a month ($60 USD), and she made 140 pesos a night. Her boyfriend, age 25, has 2 kids. Interesting ...