BLOGS


With Jeb in front of the pyramid at Coba. It's one of teh few Maya pyramids you can still climb.
Another Continent, Another Pyramid
Posted by Gus | August 15th, 2011

After seeing the Great Pyramid at Giza earlier this year, it was amazing to see another pyramid built by another culture.. and then get to climb to the top.

Here I am with Marta--who was the boys' tutor--and her baby daughter, Jennifer
My Spanish High
Posted by Jeannie | August 8th, 2011

On our visit to San Miguel, I had an out-of-body experience that represents a high point in my long and tortured quest to conquer the Spanish language. They say that when you’re fluent in a language, you’ll dream in, say, Spanish. Well it’s probably emblematic of my uneven history with El Español—which I’ve studied most [...]

With Moritz in front of San Miguel's famous Parrochia.
Viva Mexico!
Posted by Jeb | August 4th, 2011

At first I was scared to go to Mexico, but I couldn’t have had more fun. I saw my friends, my old house, and it felt like I only had been gone for a week.

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San Miguel Is Cool (Really!)
Posted by Gus | August 4th, 2011

After living in the U.S. for one and a half years it was weird to visit San Miguel again. It felt strange to come back as a tourist after living there and see all that changed. But some of my favorite things were just the same.

The boys at the front door of our old house.
Bliss, Mexican Style
Posted by Jeannie | July 28th, 2011

Coming back to a magical place like San Miguel de Allende, which figures so prominently in our family history, is like drifting back to sleep in the morning and picking up on the same fabulous dream you’d been having. It’s such a relief to know you can find it again.