Greetings all. Here I am at the beginning of my final week of classes and everything is going well, as far as classes go. However, there are major protests going on in Mexico City right now over the election results. You might have seen my photos of the protesters gathering around the Zocalo. There still there. Now they are talking about taking the airport over and possibly highways as well. Thats just fine, since I`m not flying out of here, but I do need to pick...

Hola mis parientes y amigos! Parientes is extended family, so don't think I'm leaving out people, Brandy. I've been back from Mexico City for a couple of days but haven't been able to upload my photos yet. I'll get them up today if that guy in the Cubs hat gets off my computer. So Mexico City. Its big. Called El Distrito Federal, or just México here. We took a van made for midgets and packed fifteen people into it for the three hour drive. I neede...

So I'm back in Querètaro now, but we had a long weekend of traveling. First we went to Morelia, the capital of the state of Mituacàn. Saw some interesting museums and churches, paintings by Diego Rivera, and tasty crepes. Then we went on to a smaller town, Patzcuaro, where we stayed for two nights. I can`t tell you much about Patzcuaro except the street venders had lots of foul vegetables and that only one supermarket had good prices on tequila. The second ...

Ok, so I'm not really in Bernal right now, but that is what I wanted to write about. Yesterday, the 15th, my group of students and I took a bus to Bernal, a small city about an hour north of Querétaro (I think, I wasn't driving). The town is famous for two things: One of the largest rocks in the world (they think it was a meteor) and gorditas negras. Both were worth it. The Peña de Bernal looks like a giant rocky mountain and is rather dificult to climb. Su...

As you can see I've made friends with the natives and been treated as an equal, despite my strange clothing and customs. But thats not what I want to talk to you about today. I want to talk about......... Driving in Querétaro. Now thats exciting! Not that I get to drive. I'm just the scared passenger who wishes he brought more underwear. But let me tell you about it. To get an idea of what traveling by car is like in Mexico, imagine your in Mad Max, but all ...