We stayed at the resort today which was so nice and convenient. Not that packing a book and a towel and taking a little truck ride to a breathtaking beach could in any way be described as inconvenient, but still, today the breathtaking views were right in our own backyard ( Read more... )

There was more sea-gazing today. After breakfast on the balcony, Kate and I hiked from Cruz Bay up to an overlook point and then down to a spot called Honeymoon Beach. It's funny - and we've only been here for two days - but each first glimpse of the sea (stepping on the balcony of our apartment, rounding a corner in the resort, coming out of the ( Read more... )

Walking home from dinner last night, I thought I'd revive the old livejournal for this trip, but then I thought better of it because, really, how much can there be to say about spending a quiet week in a beautiful place? ...Monday it was beautiful and we went to the beach, Tuesday it was beautiful and we went to the beach, and so on...But then I ( Read more... )

It rained almost the whole weekend in Puebla. It didn't stop us from seeing the city, though, and it certainly didn't stop us from eating. Puebla is considered something of a gastronomical capital of Mexico, so on the first night we found a restaurant with Poblano cuisine. Probably the most typical dish is mole poblano, or chicken with a sauce ( Read more... )

There is a big thunderstorm going on tonight. Sometimes when it rains the internet doesn't work, but it seems okay for now. I love the weather here. We're in the rainy season now and each night there's a big storm. And then it's clear and sunny for most of the day. Last night I went to eat with some friends at a restaurant with a terrace that ( Read more... )

It's really nice to settle into a routine here. Classes started yesterday and the pace of life here in Taxco is much more reasonable than it was in Mexico City. We moved into our hotel on Saturday, and it's awesome. The hotel is, I think, a former monastery, and there are rooms on three floors surrounding a courtyard. There are some really ( Read more... )

Another day we visited the UNAM campus. It's the main university in Mexico. The campus was fine and there were lots of murals which I'm sure are historically and socially significant, but I was tired and like churches in Europe, after so many it gets harder to appreciate them ( Read more... )

The last entry was pretty much just program-related stuff. And I figure I should write a little about the other things that have been going on ( Read more... )

One entry a week was not exactly my plan, but it was such a busy week I hardly had time to sleep, much less sit down and think and write about everything that we did. Perhaps I'll write more now that we've arrived in Taxco, where we'll be staying for the next three weeks ( Read more... )

I think I have visited more museums and thought more about art in these three days in Mexico than I have in any one year of my life. And it´s good, but a little overwhelming. I have visited the National Anthropology Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Templo Mayor and it´s museum, the Diego Rivera Museum, El Palacio de Bellas Artes, the houses ( Read more... )