Hotel Mision Xalapa Veracruz

... traffic jam and going nowhere. I would have fallen asleep except other boats kept crashing into the side of ours. On the train on the way home a local woman started chatting to me. After a while she invited me round for tea the next day. The locals are so friendly and I think it´s partly because there don´t seem to be very many tourists - everywhere I went I seemed to be the only gringo. Unfortunately I had to turn down the offer of tea as were leaving town the next morning.<br><br>So ...

... vestiti in modo macabro tipo Halloween, i bambini ci provano con "dolcetto o scherzetto", ci sono venditori di cibarie in ogni dove.<br>Ho visto una mostra interessante sulla storia dell'inquisizione, allestita all'interno del vero palazzo che fu dell'inquisizione, attuale facoltà di medicina-radiodiagnostica. Anche se in spagnolo ho compreso quasi tutta la narrazione dell'audioguida; la chiesa ce l'ha sempre avuta la mania del controllo e dell'annichilimento del pensiero ...

Wow. Where to even begin...<br><br>First of all, <br> <br>HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY MEXICO!<br><br>On Tuesday we celebrated Mexico's independence from Spain! What an awesome day! And an awesome start to our Veracruz week. <br><br>Now, allow me to back up a bit.<br><br>On Sunday, my host family bought a typical Veracruz breakfast which consists of different types of tortillas, meat, salsa, and cheese. It was really good! But I still miss good 'ol eggs ...

Los geht's - Karneval in Veracruz. Die Mexikaner sagen, er sei der zweitgroesste und -lebhafteste der Welt, gleich nach Rio de Janeiro. Auf jeden Fall ist Veracruz die Karnevalshauptstadt des Landes, und wir merken schon bei der Ankunft: hier geht die Post ab! Wir wohnen direkt am Zocalo in einem 200-jahre alten Hotel, was fuer Mexiko eine lange Zeit ist, wenn man bedenkt, wie viele Buergerkriege, Revolutionen und Erdbeben es schon ueberstanden hat. Die Etagen sind so ...

... was all a nasty trick. As the bull pushed against the armored horse, releasing its rage into the horse's steel-plated ribs, the picador plunged his spear deep into the bull's back, drawing the first blood and staining the Dolce's back. He moved away after several seconds when he finally realized the intense pain of the spear. Then the matador teased Dolce away from the picador with his flashy blanket. Dolce remained strong and charged at the man ...

... is so enthralling. When you're surrounded by attempts at efficiency and spacial planning that would make a gym look flabby, it gives you an extra kick of energy and get up and go. Why should you hang around when everyone else is up and doing? The other thing Mexico City gives you is exhaustion. I suppose the combination of high altitude, pollution and frenzied activity will inevitably cause this but it's a suprising. On the way from the ...

... a bit worried, but the hostel had given us a Metro map, and some nervous moments, forty minutes and three train lines later, we were at the airport. This only cost us (believe it or not) 4 pesos - less than 50 US cents. At the airport, we had some dinner and walked around for a while looking at the shops then caught our 4 hour flight to LA. In LA, we got our bags and rechecked them, then headed through to the gates. We left LA at 11.45pm for our ...

Hey gang! Well I was going to go to Veracruz a week earlier cause it was a Teacher Day weekend but, I decided against going alone after speaking to my mother. Side note. Dont ever mention that your doing risky things to your mother! So, I decided to wait for the following weekend to which my mother would arrive for my ´graduation´. The graduation went fine although I was actually surprised on how many handshakes I had to shake. At least 8 handshakes! Well ...

... where I am at now for Dance Lessons with one of the teacher´s sons. He is 18, and he knows how to dance really well to pretty much anything. He taught us how to dance Salsa and a little bit of Tango! There are three of us girls, and one of him, so next time (which is Thursday), he needs to bring more friends so we all have a partner! Well, that is about it, and I have the rest of the week to go! It should be great! I miss everyone and I hope everyone is doing well! Speak to you all soon!

... zocalo) and the surrounding sites. This included Templo Mayor, the Aztecs temple that was ripped down when Cortes invaded. Part of the has been dug up and there is a great museum with cool stuff they found inside. Tomorrow i want to get out of the city to avoid the elections and heading to Teotihuacan, the massive aztecs temples in the north and then I think we are all going celebrate the reopening of the bar ay midnight Having a great time in mexico and feel like a proper traveller!!!