Hotel Plaza Camelinas Queretaro

... also had my stout Gor-tex jacket that I'd carried around in Asia for five months and never worn. After a day of looking, I found a lovely, thick, hip length, hand-knitted vest for 150 pesos (around $12.50 CA) in the market, at a stall where the grandmother was knitting, and her son and granddaughter were selling her wares. I was lucky! Many of the handcrafts here in SMA are quite expensive, I guess because of all the tourists and expats. I'm told that some of ...

... setting up the altar. Our altar was not only honoring the dead, but was also honoring children who had passed away. As a backdrop, there were several magazine cut outs of young children and on the altar there were several toys. We added our sugar skulls, candles and flowers to the offering. Our altar is almost complete. Tomorrow we'll be baking pumpkin cake and day of the dead bread to add to the ofrenda. I'm looking forward to it! <br><br> <br>

... 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.<br><br>I bought a ticket to ...

... coté du resto "Los compadres"), les concerts en plein air du dimanche sur les nombreuses places de la ville...<br><br>Très peu de touristes étrangers car elle n'apparait pas tellement dans les guides touristiques (très injustement mais tant mieux pour nous finalement)<br><br>Une excelente journée sous un ciel on ne peut plus bleu et une chaleur accablante...

... br>Nous passons donc toute la journée à nous ballader dans les ruelles et les nombreuses places, tout en dégustant les spécialités locales. Le soir nous avons la chance d'assister à une "estudiantina", des groupes folkloriques qui se promènent dans la rue en chantant des airs typiques et en dansant. (regardez les vidéos). <br><br>Nous terminons par une soirée arrosée à la tequila...<br>

... dorm rates were 110 peso and the private rooms were 250 + 300 peso for one or two persons, with the nicer room's being upstairs. This had everything that you would expect from a decent hostel - guest kitchen, laundry service, rooftop terrace, lounge area with VCR, library and internet.<br><br>Dona Urraca, 5 de Mayo No. 117, Tel. + 52 (442) 238-5400 ...

Today we are leaving for our first longer trip. We are going to visit a friend of Lili's that i met at her birthday celebration shortly after arriving here. Her name is Patti (sp?) and she is very nice, we will be staying with her there. We are ...

... the town center where we parked and took a longish walk out to a mirador overlooking the aquaduct arches. Since it was sunset, we had great light to see this. By the time we got back to the car, though, it was quite dark. Night-time driving in the cities here is only only slightly more challenging than in the states (inconsistant road surfaces, topes), so it doesn't faze Charlie; I'm lucky that he's doing this!

Oh wie schade das ich mein USB Kabel nich dabeihabe. Das sollte jeder sehen....es gab hier in der Bibliothek (open air) sowas wie Kufenstechen/Fassschlagen in Deutschland...nennt sich hier Kioska (Kiosk?). Erst durften die Maedchen einen aus Zeitungspapier gemachten goldenen ca 1 meter durchmesser habenden Stern, dessen Strahlen sowas wie Schultueten mit Inhalt sind, kaputtschlagen. Immer wenn ein Strahl abgeschlagen wurde haben sich alle wie wahnsinnig auf die ...

... other aspects of Mexico. For instance, a friend of mine from class and I are hoping to volunteer for an organization focused on helping women here in Queretaro. Guanajuato is another town fairly close to Queretaro. Guanajuato is even more in the mountains with the town built on the hillsides. We took a tram ride up to a point above the city and were able to see the whole city stretched out before us....so beautiful with the interesting architecture and bright colors. This ...