Afternoon Delight

Last weekend was grand. Glenn came to visit! It was his first visit to a Spanish speaking country and I think he enjoyed it. I had many, many things planned because there is so much to see and do here. We were unable to tackle all of the sightseeing I had on our agenda but we saw enough to create many nice memories. Que romantica!
I picked Glenn up at the airport Thursday night with my new friend Maximo. I had class that night that I could not miss so I gave Glenn a Spanish/English dictionary and sent him to dinner with Maximo (who by the way speaks very little English). They talked all night!!
Glenn and I went out after class with several people from the school so he could meet my comrades.
Friday morning we went to Tepoztlan- http://www.worldisround.com/articles/7518/index.html
This is an amazing ciudad surrounded by towering mountains. A very special place with colorful markets and cobblestone streets. We escalated up the mountain to a temple for a nice view. We enjoyed our stay there even though it was a bit delayed because we did not get off the bus at the right stop and ended up in another town (I still do not know where we were) about 45 min. Out of the way. My Spanish skills came through and I was able to get us a return trip for free.
Saturday we headed back to the city and went to El Greco and walked around the city.
Sunday headed to Teotihucan http://www.teotihuacan.com/
All I can say is that this is my favorite place in Mexico. There was something in the air and it was not smog.
We also saw the tapestry of La virgin de Guadalupe. I will write more about this subject later.
I had a great weekend and I hope that Mexico left a good impression on Glenn!
Tomorrow I am off to Brave del Valle to swim in the lake and hopefully do some mountainbiking.
Off the subject completely, I posted a pic for Hot Bawden of my new haircut. I specifically asked for something sexy that I would not have to style and I think he did alright. He told me that he understood that I was probably too busy to do my hair and I told him that I had plenty of time but was too lazy to want to do it. So he did what he could even though I was asking for a miracle.
Have a nice weekend and I will post you soon!

Bull yah

2 weeks ago I woke up and found myself in Mexico. San Miguel de Allende to be exact. I was surrounded by crowds of people dressed in red and white. In front of me I saw bulls running; running and chasing people. http://banderasnews.com/0609/to-runningofthebulls.htm
Check out the link to learn more.
No one in our group was injured. As the article states the dangerous aspect of the run was the crowd. As I crossed the bull field to get a better view, some one yelled toro and the crowd went crazy and I was pinned up against a metal wall unable to breath. It was a little too crazy for my taste but exhilarating at the same time. We did not stay in San Miguel, but chose to stay in guanajuato http://home.scarlet.be/~tsc92530/picture%20gto.htm. We stayed in a great hostel. Each morning the Senora would get up early to cook us breakfast; for $13 a night it can not be beat. Ate at another great taqueria (still not as good as El GRECCO!). Was unable to visit the mummies (yes these are real dead bodies that are on display). This is an amazing city, a labyrinth of cobblestone and old world charm. www.agren.blogspot.com check out this website, I found it while searching for photos. He has really beautiful photos of Mexico on his site.
Ciao, and have a great week!!

FROM GEEK TO......GEEK

la coyolxauhqui

I feel as though I am sitting in confession. Forgive me for I have not blogged like I said I would. O.K. I feel better now that I got that off my chest. So life has been extremely busy and I am such a geek because I am enjoying all of my classes and want to talk about psicologia all the time. We recently had a visiting professor,Dr.Wendal Ray. What an incredible lecturer. He was real and he kept it real the entire 7 days. Liduvinna, Julie and I took him to Templo Mayor on Tues. He was in museum trance and we had to force him to leave because my stomach was upset and hungry for EL GRECCO (my new favorite eatery). I am going again Thurs and will get a photo for ya'll. His last lecture was this evening and the entire graduate dept. went to eat at a nice little resturante en la condesa (where I am moving Mon!! no more stinky cat _i will write more about this later). Great music and great food. Came home and talked to Hermando the portero for about an hour. I am not really sure what he said, in fact I rarely understand everything. Especially when he gets really excited and talks without taking a breath (sufucado). It has become a ritual of ours. He talks and I say Si Si Si Si Si. I have promised to stop by at least 3 x a week on my way to school, after I move. I think he will miss me.
I miss everyone. I have been a little home sick as the weather has been changing. See you all in Nov.!!!!! Que Beuno, Nos Vemos. Templo Mayor Ruins
Irrigation tunnels buried under the city (1500ad)