If one believes the tales (and marketing materials), I just had appetizers and wine in Hernán Cortés’s own hacienda. Plus almost 500 years of change, war, revolution, but still, it was pretty awesome. Dios mio, Doug and Sam, if you…
Oh my goodness, my hostess is such a wonderful cook. She can make a simple chicken salad taste delicious. Even spinach soup. Even flan. But I think I would be holding back if I didn’t describe a small problem of…
Watched some of the Oscars: in Spanish. I wondered how it would work, with a live show in English that people here seemed interested in watching. I think it must be just slightly delayed, because the commentary seemed to know…
Went to Taxco yesterday with Nicole. We literally spent the whole time shopping. There is just one jewelry store after another, and even if you are not in an official-looking jewelry store (some with guards out front and the jewelry…
I have admitted a bit of a defeat: 6 hours of intensive language school is too much for me. By the last hour of the day, my mind is mush, and then I go home and eat with Lupita and…
I tell you, this kind of intensive learning is not for the feeble or foolhardy (i.e., it may not be for me!). Add in kids (or at least one kid) who think skype is a great way to keep mom…
Oh my god, I’m tired. This is a lot for an old lady like me to take in. Studying all day. Walking around town all afternoon. Today, I took a siesta! But now I am going out to watch salsa…
I began my two weeks at the escuela with a test: written and oral. The director very quickly said she knew where to place me, and the other students do seem to be at about my level – some a…
I made it to my new home for the next two weeks: a little room in the back of a lovely home in Cuernavaca. I parted with Arthur at the Mexico City airport this afternoon, as he boarded a plane…
Arrived safely in Mexico City. The hotel is fantastico (it’s the Four Seasons, after all). This morning we met 6 others from my editorial committee for sightseeing. We took the subway to the Zocolo, which is the Tiananmen Square of…