Hotel Quinta Santiago Queretaro

... 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 ...

... sure what it was and Maestra L. explained that for the upcoming All Souls' Day families and communities usually set up altars to honor their dead. They were going to set one up at the school and were going to first head to the local mercado to buy offerings and then come back and set it up. I readily agreed.

There were a handful of students waiting to go to the mercado. I met a couple from the US, a girl from Hungary, a girl from the ...

... I found my bags and made a mental note that the next set of luggage I buy should be neon yellow so that I could spot them in the sea of dark colored suitcases.

Through the airport terminal I went, to the adjoining bus terminal where I purchased a $20 USD ticket to Queretaro on Primera Plus. The bus stops weren't labeled, but the nice ticket seller took the time to walk me to the stop. Twenty minutes ...

Encore une fois de retour à Queretaro, cette fois avec maman et les soeurettes !
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.

Pleine d'églises multicolores, de ruelles sympathiques, de fundas où la nourriture est délicieuse (surtout "La fuente de Lupita", situ ...

... being overly restricted and at least the buses are still running too - would have thought they'd be a great place to pass around germs! Anyway, seen plenty of plazas, churches, fountains & callejones - I had hoped to join a callejoneada, one of the preocessions through the alleyways at night accompanied by a quartet of musicians in medieval costume & a donkey with jars of wine in the most ...

... 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).

Nous terminons par une soirée arrosée à la tequila...

... www.donaurraca.com.mx. This charming boutique hotel features fine colonial architecture throughout and is set in a beautiful natural environment. The rooms and suites offer fine period features, and the hotel offers all the amenities that you could wish for to make an enjoyable stay. They also have a sister hotel in San Miguel de Allende.

... trip was in queretaro, i arrived in the morning of friday 23 th. was exactly as i remembered this city, just a little bit crowded than my last time there. i went in the night to the "El Pata" full of memories for me, and one of my best memories with the tennis team there.

... was semi-arid, but then things became greener and more tropical since the eastern slopes are the rainy ones. We detoured six miles over a dirt and gravel road to visit a clear, lagoon-style lake (Lago Media Luna) fed by seven hot springs. It is reportedly 90 feet deep in places, at least in the rainy season, and believe it or not, is a popular place for scuba diving. (There's ...

... perspective, I knew that I was going through what theorists have term "culture shock." The classic or stereotypical low point during a person's time abroad. Generally, people are very excited for the first few weeks after arriving in a new country. But, after a while, they start to notice things that they don't like and ecounter many things they don't understand and they feel frustrated. Usually, after this "low phase" they return to a more normal level of every-day ...