Cultural differences never cease to be interesting, so here are five more. (1.) How to wait. Time is a relative concept. Einstein told us that, but we could have just asked the Mexicans. While business matters here in Zamora seem to run on a strict clock, social affairs are a very different matter. If someone says [...]

Just as different countries have different words for different things, so they also have different hand gestures, and Mexico is no exception. But try finding a guide to these critical bits of cultural knowledge in the Lonely Planet guide! Ha! So as a long overdue public service, we present the following primer: ABOVE: Rich, as [...]

Besides sounding sexy, Spanish has this one great advantage for native English speakers como yo: Lots of the words are basically the same. Take the word “lemon,” for instance. That’s a nice and easy “limon” (lee-MON). Its twin in citrus juiciness, the lime, is a lima (LEE-mah). Or so my dictionary – I’m looking at [...]

It was bound to happen one day. I resisted cell phones for years and social networking sites for longer still. But the last frontier, a genuine blog, has now been conquered. This old (okay, not really that old) newspaper journalist has finally gone digital. If this blog serves only one purpose, I hope it will [...]