This is the fourth of a series of three posts on the vocabulary of the three countries I visited in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico. I collected expressions from friends and from conversations around me. Most of the three vocabularies are in Spanish, but they also include words in Quichua, Nahuatl, and Czech, among … Continue reading How To Talk Like A Mexican: Part Two
How To Talk Like A Mexican: Part One
This is the third of a series of three posts on the vocabulary of the three countries I visited in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico. I collected expressions from friends and from conversations around me. Most of the three vocabularies are in Spanish, but they also include words in Quichua, Nahuatl, and Czech, among … Continue reading How To Talk Like A Mexican: Part One
How To Talk Like A Colombian
This is the second of a series of three posts on the vocabulary of the three countries I visited in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico. I collected expressions from friends and from conversations around me. Most of the three vocabularies are in Spanish, but include Quichua, Nahuatl, and Czech, among others. Language is a fascinating … Continue reading How To Talk Like A Colombian
How To Talk Like An Ecuadorian
This is the first of a series of three posts on the vocabulary of the three countries I visited in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico. I collected expressions from friends and from conversations around me. Most of the three vocabularies are in Spanish, but include Quichua, Nahuatl, and Czech, among others. Language is a fascinating … Continue reading How To Talk Like An Ecuadorian
Edinburgh is for life, not just for August
How do you love Edinburgh? I love it like this: in its past and its present glory, in fair weather and in foul. The city stands frozen in time by bleak winds that through countless winters have stripped it to its bare bones; yet even in nakedness Edinburgh retains its dignity. Discover the exposed Samson's … Continue reading Edinburgh is for life, not just for August
Don’t Worry About Me/Sabor A Mi
I touched down on Tuesday afternoon. Through the haze of glass and jet-lag, to my right I could see my first views of the United Kingdom in 2016. There were busses and grey skies, Stand on the left and Left baggage. With the familiar was juxtaposed the strange, or strangely familiar. Why was everyone so pale, … Continue reading Don’t Worry About Me/Sabor A Mi
Mexico No.8 – Una guia para Guanajuato (en progreso)
Por la primera:¡gracias por leer mi blog! Me da mucho feliz que alguien esta interesado en lo que hago en mis dias viajando por Mexico. He hecho tantos amigos aqui en Mexico, personas generosas y amables y calidos, y quiero agradecerlos por sus amistades durante las ultimas cuatros meses. Este entrada, entonces, es mi manera … Continue reading Mexico No.8 – Una guia para Guanajuato (en progreso)
Mexico No.7 – A return to writing/Volver a escribir
The following post will be rather full of errors, at least for the first half. Espero que ellos que leyan me perdonen por mis errores en espanol. For English speakers, please scroll down!Ahorita estoy frente de la computador, escribiendo, en un cafe de internet aqui en San Miguel de Allende. A traves de la puerta … Continue reading Mexico No.7 – A return to writing/Volver a escribir
Mexico No.6 – Michoacan
Sunday, May 22nd, 2015From this distance you can't see the shore. The sea rolls away in a single perfect curl, a seamless wave machine, and when one line crashes on the sand another has already risen to take its place. Here at the mouth of the ocean, I tread water beside a jagged rock, where … Continue reading Mexico No.6 – Michoacan
Mexico No.5: Final Week
Friday, 20th May 2016I leave Colima in one week. I am going to travel north, into the silver mines and mysterious mountains of Guanajuato, where independence was conceived in 1810, and realized in 1821. There is so much to see and to do; I can barely sit still for excitement. The map below brings it … Continue reading Mexico No.5: Final Week
