¡Viaje a México!
Well, I am a huge advocate of traveling to reinforce your language learning, and to establish and maintain the relationships that help sustain a love for your target culture and language. This week I am practicing what I preach, visiting Mexico City and Puebla. I can report that I arrived today at the zócalo down town and am in my hostel. It seems like a really good place to base a trip out of, but I´ll just be here tonight and tomorrow I'll meet up with my friend Leti and we'll head down to Puebla. The trip from the airport to the hostel on the metro and then walking along busy streets was exciting, and I've already passed several churches and monuments that I want to go back and look at more carefully. Underground in the metro tunnels they have some ancient remnants of temples and altars from the Aztecs, and many buildings have a plaque that tells you what pre-colombian palace was on that spot. I'll post more soon, and try to be more descriptive wi