We have been walking the streets of Xalapa for six weeks and enjoying the beauty of its people. Yes, beautiful people and things can be found in Xalapa and often within an arms lengths in what sometimes seems a very crowded community. I suppose our biggest adjustment was getting use to the narrow sidewalks crowded with [...]
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Posted in Xalapa on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Roy Dudley, our landlord, is also a guide, photographer, bicycle enthusiast, and fund raiser. He has lived in Xalapa for some 35 years and has manged to “eke” out a living one way or another. We decided to contract with him one day so we could leave the “big city” of Xalapa and see some of the rural areas around [...]
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Supposedly things are slow this time of year in Xalapa, Mexico, but we are finding much to do. Oh . . . it has been fairly “cool” in the evenings for us from the Midwest, USA, but layers of clothing do the job. Last night, evening with the coolness, we went to an auditorium at [...]
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Posted in Xalapa on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Xalapa has a lot going on if you know when and where to look. The first place to keep an eye on for “up and coming events” are the streets with colorful signs announcing feature events. It also helps to have friends alerting you because not all performances are easy to learn about. Here is a poster announcing a performance [...]
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from s116.photobucket.com posted with vodpod
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