Mexico City, from my balcony at Hotel Catedral
March 12, 2008: Mexico City, continued.
Dear Grandma,
Tonight I went to the ballet in Mexico City. I haven’t been to a ballet in years, not since The Coach and I lived in Chicago. Originally, I was just going to hang out in my hotel room and relax work on [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Folklore, Dancing, & Tiffany Glass
Posted in Travel, tagged Ballet, Folk Dancing, Mexico City, Subway, Travel on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Disappearing Entries
Posted in It's My Life on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For my loyal readers (all three four of you): I am taking down some of my older blog entries, especially the ones dealing with the Central Michigan job offer debacle, because I want to show someone my travel stories. Plus, I am making a ‘bid’ for a different sort of job at USC, and I [...]
Military Checkpoint.
Posted in Travel, tagged Churches, Mexico, Mexico City, Travel on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Armed Guard at the Taxco Bus Station
March 12, 2008: Taxco and Mexico City
Dear Grandma,
Today, I was pulled off a bus at a Mexican military checkpoint. It really sounds more dramatic than it was. You see, we took a public bus from Taxco to Mexico City. Just getting on the bus was hard enough; apparently, Mexico also has its share [...]
Silver Stalkers
Posted in Travel, tagged Churches, Mexico, Shopping, Silver, Taxco, Travel on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Taxco, Mexico
Taken from the balcony at the Hotel Victoria
March 11, 2008: Taxco
Dear Grandma,
Today I was stalked through Taxco by a silver salesman. Actually, it wasn’t me that he was stalking — he had realized that I was a cheapskate pretty early in the game. Rather, he was stalking the Spanish Teacher and her husband, hoping [...]
Authentic Experiences (a.k.a. “Death Cab from Hell”)
Posted in Travel, tagged Churches, Mexico, Taxco, Taxis, Travel on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Santa Prisca, Taxco, Mexico
March 10, 2008: Taxco, Mexico
Dear Grandma,
I don’t think anyone can say that she has been to Mexico until she has experienced the “Death Cab from Hell” experience. If you remember from my note earlier today, our tour group had some serious transportation problems. Mexican cities — especially colonial ones — have narrow [...]
Xochicalco.
Posted in Travel, tagged Dog, Mexico, Pyramid, Travel, Xochicalco on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A pyramid at Xochicalco
March 10, 2008: Xochicalco
Dear Grandma,
Today was one of those days where I wished I had paid more attention in my sixth grade history class. You know the class I am talking about – the one that talked about “our American neighbors” and looked at the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incans. Yeah, I was [...]
A Day in the Market
Posted in Travel, tagged Markets, Mexico, Tepoztlan, Travel on March 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The church gate in Tepoztlan
March 9, 2008: Tepoztlan
Dear Grandma,
Mexico is a noisy place. This morning, I woke up before the dawn even though I was incredibly tired. You see, the cocks were crowing, the dogs were barking, and the residents of Tepoztlan must have been excited about market day because they were setting off firecrackers! I [...]
Six Hours on a Runway
Posted in Travel, tagged Airports, Churches, Mexico, Taxis, Tepoztlan, Travel on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Church in Tepoztlan, Mexico
Editor’s Note: The whole time I was in Mexico, I kept composing postcards to my grandmother in my head. Some of them were pretty damned funny – funny enough that I made my travel mates laugh. Now, I can’t think about the trip without putting them in a letter to my [...]
Dusty.
Posted in Travel, tagged Mexico, Travel on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was an amazing trip.
More to follow …
Gone Travelin’
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Travel on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
… and I’m going off the grid. Woot! See you on St. Patty’s Day.
