Monthly Archives: June 2013

…like many other Mexicans.  haha Seriously, we’re heading toward the border starting tomorrow.  We’ll be driving about 4.5 hours tomorrow afternoon, and then on Saturday, we should be driving to Laredo (another 5 hours).  We’ll be driving along with our … Continue reading →

The dolls are typical handiwork of the Otomi ethnic group and they are prominent in this region.  Not far from here one can see ladies and girls dressed just like this (or pretty close)! We purchased the corn husk oil … Continue reading →

…to San Juan del Rio!  Today marks the 482nd anniversary of the founding of our fair city!  We’ve lived here for 8 of those 482 years (that’s over 1.5% of the age of the city!).

Some scenes from our closest Mexican touristy town, Tequisquiapan.  It’s a lovely, manicured little pueblo.  Of course, we shopped for some gifts and enjoyed a few treats.  If you come visit us, you’ll probably get to see this first-hand.  BTW, … Continue reading →

The local news says there was a “flamazo” at the rotisserie chicken stand at the entrance to our local market.  I don’t recall ever using that word before but I presume it has something to do with “flame” and usually … Continue reading →

Just another picture post from our ongoing week of being tourists with our visiting family.  We visited the nearby state capital city of Querétaro today.  Beth’s sister has most of her Mexico memories (albeit distant memories now) from this city. … Continue reading →

We walked through our local market with our family guests today.  There are a lot of scenes like this one that we really don’t think anything about.  So, here is a typical knife-sharpening method in Mexico.  It probably does make … Continue reading →

The cousins are here for a visit!  Not ALL of the cousins of course…just on that side of the family there are 18 cousins.  We only have 3 here, but we’re happy to see all three of them plus their … Continue reading →

After crossing off one of my long-awaited bucket list items today (vacuuming out the van…haha), I couldn’t help but be reminded of how absolutely freaked out our dog gets whenever she hears or sees the vacuum. She was fairly interested … Continue reading →