June 2012

The New Middle Class of Mexico

June 24, 2012
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 I pass this new suburb daily and I may wind up living here! I am still attempting to adjust to a routine of working 12-hour days. Even though I have 3-day weekends, I don’t think humankind was designed to be productive for that stretch of time. But as aircraft are built 24/7, I do what [...]

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An Afternoon in Historic Santiago de Querétaro

June 10, 2012
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Although the arrival of Spaniards was generally met with resistance by the indigenous cultures, the Otomí people aligned themselves with the Spaniards and fought beside them to defeat the Aztecs living in the Querétaro region. As a demonstration of loyalty, the Otomi leader Conin converted to Roman Catholicism between the years 1522 and 1526 and [...]

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De Los Arcos

June 2, 2012
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The famous Santiago de Querétaro Aqueduct with a full moon and really hot dance club thrown in I was hoping to explore the city both day and night on my three day weekend, but a magical event occured – it rained and thundered with a passion here today. I loved it as all the dust [...]

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