Tag: Mexico

Semana Santa – Day 2

The silent procession is one of the main events for Semana Santa here in Querétaro. The large procession of mostly hooded penitents walks through the city in silence. Most of the men walk barefoot, carrying large crosses, and with chains around their ankles. We were told to be prepared for the crowd to be silent […]

Semana Santa – Day 1

For the first vacation day of Semana Santa, a group of us made a day trip out to the town of Bernal so we could walk part of the way up the third largest monolith in the world. It made me want my climbing stuff, soon. It looked like there are fair number of routes […]

Mid-Training/Evening Explorations 3

We have been informed that we are mid-training, and we are therefore taking part in all sorts of evaluative processes to determine how things are progressing. I wasn’t feeling burnt out at all until I was told that I should be feeling stressed and tired of all this. Spanish class is still fantastic. I might […]

Return from Volunteer Visit

I’m back from a few days in the campo. Great trip. Only time for a few pictures right now. Starting with the most important – the food. Had delicious huaraches in the mercado, and definitely not the shoe variety – blue corn, nopales, potato, and mucho queso. Also had some time in the beautiful park. […]

Volunteer Visit

I’m headed out for my Volunteer Visit tomorrow. I’ll be traveling into the campo to see three current volunteers in the environment program. I’m very excited to see what they are doing, and since these are some of the other PC climbing chicas. I’ll most likely be without internet until Sunday, so here are some […]

Market Day

Another trip to an amazing market. [nggallery id=11]

Guanajuato, Mexico

There was no doubt that everyone was enchanted by Guanajuato. The most common lament was that no one would be stationed there. While we had another meeting canceled here, the frustration was tempered by the extra time for our cultural activities. Even though I wasn’t really eating, I loved the green bakery, and I always […]

León, Mexico

As I look over the pictures from León, taken during our Field Based Training, I think that I’m not giving the city enough credit. It certainly looks like we had some fun. The experience was a bit tainted, figuratively and literally, by the frustration of having one of our meetings canceled. the trouble to find […]

Just your typical Tuesday night

I have been wanting to go to a real ¡Lucha Libre! match since I was introduced to the movies of Santo back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. It also happens to be an activity in our cultural passport, and it turns out that I’m living about a 10 minute walk from the arena. There are […]

Too amazing to go in order

Perhaps the highlight of the cultural side of the field-based training was the mummy museum in Guanajuato. So, I had to edit and post these photos first, even though they are from the last activity of the trip. I’m still working on the galleries for Léon and Guanajuato. Mummies trump buildings, every time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummies_of_Guanajuato