Tag: tiempo libre

Nortec Collective – great show

The annual Festival de Santiago started in Querétaro on Wednesday. There are simultaneous performances on-going during the evenings in many of the gardens around town. We went to see the Nortec Collective show at the recommendation of our Spanish teachers, who were excited all day. To introduce us to the music before the show, we […]

Semana Santa – Day 2

The silent procession is one of the main events for Semana Santa here in Querétaro. The large procession of mostly hooded penitents walks through the city in silence. Most of the men walk barefoot, carrying large crosses, and with chains around their ankles. We were told to be prepared for the crowd to be silent […]

Semana Santa – Day 1

For the first vacation day of Semana Santa, a group of us made a day trip out to the town of Bernal so we could walk part of the way up the third largest monolith in the world. It made me want my climbing stuff, soon. It looked like there are fair number of routes […]

Mid-Training/Evening Explorations 3

We have been informed that we are mid-training, and we are therefore taking part in all sorts of evaluative processes to determine how things are progressing. I wasn’t feeling burnt out at all until I was told that I should be feeling stressed and tired of all this. Spanish class is still fantastic. I might […]

Volunteer Visit

I’m headed out for my Volunteer Visit tomorrow. I’ll be traveling into the campo to see three current volunteers in the environment program. I’m very excited to see what they are doing, and since these are some of the other PC climbing chicas. I’ll most likely be without internet until Sunday, so here are some […]

Just your typical Tuesday night

I have been wanting to go to a real ¡Lucha Libre! match since I was introduced to the movies of Santo back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. It also happens to be an activity in our cultural passport, and it turns out that I’m living about a 10 minute walk from the arena. There are […]