Our second week in Mexico city commenced with a gloomy weekend that teetered between cloudy and rainy throughout. We wanted to visit around the city, but decided to put it off for when we get a day with better weather – benefit of staying for six weeks 🙂 Thankfully, we didn’t have to wait […]
After bidding adieu to Dolores and Isaias on the morning of Saturday, September 23, we left Salamanca for Mexico City at around 10:00 AM. One unpleasant discovery we made while packing up our things that morning was that both of our seemingly-awesome waterproof Aqua Quest duffel bags were coming apart at the seams (which were simply […]
Because our experience at The English School had been a rewarding one and we felt that we got more out of it than we had given, we decided to bestow a little parting gift to the school. We picked a few pictures from our time in the States (since it is an English-speaking country and […]
On the evening of Friday, September 15, we headed to the city center of Salamanca as we had heard there would be some early celebrations for Mexico’s Independence Day going on there. When we arrived, the place was crowded and parking was scarce since some streets were blocked off. Phil decided to stop and ask […]
For those of you who have a good command of the English language and are planning to cross Mexico, heading towards Central/South America, we just thought it would be worthwhile to mention that The English School is looking for volunteers to help their students practice conversational English. In our case, it was a three-week commitment […]
Tuesday was another one of our productive days where we mostly worked and made a grocery list consisting of ingredients we would need for making a curry and couscous dinner for our friends the following night. Ivan already knew the taste of curry as he had traveled to the UK in the past so when […]
On Monday, September 11, we decided to visit Guanajuato city since we had been hearing so many positive things about the place. We left at around 11:00 AM and rode for about an hour before we got to the historic town center. We quickly found a decent parking spot, parked the bike, and then hit […]
Thursday was the day I got to test the waters of being a substitute teacher as one of the teachers at the school had called in sick. I was asked to step in and teach two back-to-back classes consisting of students with a good enough grasp of English that I wouldn’t have to exercise my […]
We came across an opportunity through Workaway to help English learners practice and improve their oral skills at The English School. We were contacted by the owner of the school, Ivan, and in exchange for our help, he arranged for us to receive food and hosting at the home of a local family. This was the […]
Thursday was another rainy day in Morelia so we stayed in our room for most of it and worked, with only a short break for lunch at the plaza we had frequented on the days prior. We went for a stroll in the evening and stumbled upon a restaurant called Onix. We decided to have […]
