Hotel Mision Queretaro-Juriquilla

... Sara, to join him here.<br><br>The first thing that really struck me about SMA was that it was FREEZING compared to the temperatures that I was expecting. Despite my blanket and my heater, I was cold at night and had to be given yet another blanket. We actually had a couple of cloudy and windy days as well. Muy frio!! Since I'd left my woolen vest in Daniel's car, I had only one remaining warm top garment, my fleece jacket, and it was far from adequate. Luckily ...

... to add to the school's Day of the Dead altar. Maestra L. explained that it was customary to write your name on a sugar skull before putting it on the ofrenda. In this way when spirits visited the altar they would know who had created the altar for them. Before we headed back to school we stopped by 'flower row', where we purchased marigolds (Day of the Dead flowers), red cockscomb, and baby's breath. <br><br>Back at the school, we went to ...

... the bus arrived. I wheeled my suitcase to the side of the bus and then got on. The bus was far nicer than any Greyhound I'd ridden in the past. The seats were comfy and spacious and there was a leg rest that you could pull out. I laid back in my seat and relaxed as the bus made it's two and a half hour trip up to Queretaro. <br><br>When I got off the bus and went to get my suitcase, I saw that people were ...

Encore une fois de retour à Queretaro, cette fois avec maman et les soeurettes ! <br>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.<br><br>Pleine d'églises multicolores, de ruelles sympathiques, de fundas où la nourriture est délicieuse (surtout "La fuente de Lupita", situ ...

Trucha et Emilie sont au Mexique !!!<br><br>Après avoir passé 5 jours au Yucatan, à Tulum, ils reviennent sur Mexico bien bronzés, cramés même.<br><br>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 ...

... com/quer/hotelplaza . This overlooks the zocalo but the interior of the hotel did need sprucing up a little. Their current rates were 300 + 350 peso for one or two persons. <br><br>Jirafa Roja Hostel 20 de Noviembre No.72, Tel: 01 (442) 212-4825, www.jirafarojahostel.com . This excellent youth hostel benefitted from a good location ...

... funny. Having the tires put on took about an hour (the total for two new tires, alignment,etc. was $2557.98)- what a relief to know that they're safe again (they put the less-worn ones on the back, where they are less of a problem). Finally, there was a Tel-Cel customer service center in town and they were able to quickly get the cell phone working (I neglected to mention that the phone cost $500...we haven ...

... We also started chatting with a lady outside a shop while in Guanajuato. She guessed we were from Canada and asked where. Turned out she was from Victoria. What a small world we live in. We were sad to have our 3 month time here come to an end. We were really starting to feel at home and a part of the community. We can understand why so many foreigners have permanently come to call San Miguel their home. Hopefully we will be back again someday soon.

... RVs. It also is the center of a fledgling wine and cheese making region. We continued driving south for several hours to reach Tula, in the State of Hidalgo. Tula is the site of the archeological ruins of capitol of the great Toltec civilization, which reached its zenith in about 900 to 1100 AD. The biggest draw are the Atlantes warriors, collasal stone statues acting as sentries to ...

... at a little hotel outside the town with no taxis in sight. A woman at the hotel told us that we could catch a bus back into town at a certain spot. So, we found our way over there and waited. Meanwhile, a man near us was making motions with his hand over his throat as if to say, "I'm going to kill you" but we couldn't tell if it was directed toward us or somebody else nearby. Needless to say, we were glad when the bus finally pulled up. Then, we went on a long and ...