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American owned and operated. Lodging, meals, and materials are included. Come to Veracruz by plane (we'll meet you at the airport), bus, or car. Non-traditional Spanish language immersion optimizes your learning in this very safe, very friendly city.

A weekend in a small and lively city that doesn't have a tourist industry

Huatusco Weekend during your Spanish Language Immersion


Even if you're a beginner, you can experience the true life of Mexico in this beautiful city that's far from the tourist trails.

Of the many weekend trips that our language immersion school recommends (Xalapa, El Tajin, Los Tuxtlas, Villa Rica, Orizaba, and many more) this is the only one that is accompanied.

Your hostess for the weekend is our good friend, Doctor Olga. She's from here in the City of Veracruz. Huatusco is her childhood home. She knows almost everyone, and so she can take you to the kinds of friendly and interesting places a tourist never finds.

You'll stay in the gracious old home of Doctor Olga's namesake, her Aunt Olga.

The market, the cursed Church with it's beautiful red and white tower, little shops and stores and restaurants (most owned by childhood friends and their families), the cathedral, coffee plantations, the bamboo plantation (over 40 species of bamboo all for commercial use), the cloud forest, Dr. Olga will fill your weekend with never-to-be forgotten moments.

"It's the first time I was completely away from tourists," reported a student. She went on to say how interested the locals were in talking to her because the locals just don't see foreigners.

It's Spanish practice as good as it gets, and in this very tourist-oriented country, here's a place you can visit that is pure Mexico. It's a super way for you to add to our school's Spanish language immersion program.

Little kids are visiting with Dr. Olga through their floor to ceiling window.
As you tour the small city of Huatusco, you'll find that Dr. Olga knows almost everyone in her chilhood hometown.

In the open market in Huatusco, a woman sells fresh vegetables.
The city market is alive with sights and sounds of the daily life of Mexico. This woman spends long days tending her vegetable stand.

Just out of town a milk cow is grazing in a lush pasture on the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Madres
On the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Madre mountain chain, Huatusco is surrounded by fertile land blessed with plenty of rainfall. A farmer's milk cow is tethered and munching on the lush pasture.

In the open market a woman sells many kinds of dried chili from her small booth
Dried chili is offered by this saleslady. Sometimes in the market you'll find over twenty different types of chili for sale. Each variety has its own special flavor and purpose.

Mexico still has many small, old-fashioned hardware stores. Their stock tells you a great deal about life in the area.
Need a meat grinder or a pump or some barbed wire or maybe a wheelbarrow? Hardware stores are jam-packed with all that the locals may need.

Because the water pressure is so low in Mexico, most homes and businesses have rooftop storage tanks. Water is distributed by gravity from the roof.
Most of Mexico has very low water pressure, and so the locals pump water to their roofs. From up there it's distributed to the house by gravity. These old concrete tanks are on the rootop of Aunt Olga's house.

The roadside along the main city square is a visiting place. There are iron benches everywhere and most are shaded by sculpted trees.
Along the edge of the main square trimmed trees and iron benches await the locals.

Huatusco has a large park for sports with soccer and baseball fields, basketball courts and even a concret band around the perimeter for bike riding and skating.
The city's sports park has fields for soccer and baseball, basketball courts, grassy play areas, and its concrete-paved perimeter is great for bikes, skates, and games.

Huatusco has a commercial bamboo plantation that grows over forty variety of the plant. Each variety has its own special commercial application
Just outside the city is a bamboo plantation. The owners are happy to have you visit. They grow over 40 varieties of bamboo, and each has it own commercial use.

Aunt Olga, Dr. Olga's aunt, stands in her living room. It's here you're housed during your Huatusco weekend.
It's in Aunt Olga's beautiful home you'll stay. Here she's standing in the corner of her living room. Seated is your hostess, our close friend, Dr. Olga.

Aunt Olga's home is richly appointed. In addition to being a comfortable and very attractive place to stay, it speaks to you of Mexico's culture and recent history.
The living room of Aunt Olga's house is graciously appointed with fine (and comfortable) furniture.

Some vendors set up tiny booths on the sidewalks outside the market. Everyone looks for a special niche in the economy.
Much of the economy of Huatusco still happens in public places. A long-standing and still important tradition in Mexico is the sidewalk vendor.

This rooftop view shows the bell tower of the cursed church with the cloud-forested mountains in the background.
A roof topview with cloud covered mountains in the distance shows the red and white tower of the cursed church.

This is an especially good street corner for vendors with rolling carts (and big umbrellas to sun and rain) because lots of students walk by after school.
You can depend on the unbrella covered street carts being at their "own" spots. A good corner is a prized possession, and kids passing by after school make a corner especially good.

Off in the distance one see the cloud-forested mountain side. North America's third highest mountain peak, Orizaba Peak, is just out of sight.
The far ridgline in the cloud-forested mountains leads to Orizaba Peak. The peak is the third highest in all of North America.

A proud cheese vendor runs this small stand in the open market. In addition to cheese, he sells chicken and some odd-and-ends.
Cheese is the specialty of this stand in the open market. The vendor also sells some chicken and a few nick-nacks.

The city's main square is shady and cool and inviting. Folks from all over town gather in the evening to visit with their friends.
The main city square is cooled by a canopy of trees and has a bandstand, dance areas, and lots of seating. The locals meet in the evening and visit.

Several flower shops are just outside the open market.
Shops tend to clump by theme in Mexico. A couple of small flower shops are side by side and close to the main entrance to the market.

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You can't tell if this fresh fruit is coming to the market or leaving the market. In Mexico, fresh fruit is everywhere.

Here's a view of the interior sports and activity yard of a traditional school facility.
From Aunt Olga's rooftop you get a rare view into a local school. Most schools, as is this one, are built in rectangles with the activity field being in the center. In the distance is the bell tower of the cursed church.

Many houses and commercial buildings in Huatusco have beautifully carved entry doors.
This is one of Huatusco's many beautiful entry doors.

Aunt Olga's, where you'll stay in Huatusco, has a delightful sunroom.
On your Huatusco weekend you'll enjoy the causal seating in Aunt Olga's sunroom.

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