Veracruz |
When You Run Out of Bathrooms
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What do you do when you run out of bathrooms? We started out with seven and added an eighth three years ago.
Then adding the old spacious house next door to our old spacious original house, we added another six. All of them, as I immodestly talked about once before, are paper-flushable. (This means NO foul trash can next to the toilet as is so common in Latin America.)
But still the question—what
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by Eric, May/02/08
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Veracruz |
“You Taste Much More Everything.”
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We just got back from seeing the Panama Canal (we played hooky from school for a week). Like any vacation, of course, it had its ups and downs, ...
by Eric, Apr/30/08
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Veracruz |
More Than Just Good Food
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Everybody was busy eating and talking. This was during La Comida, our big midday meal, last week. I took the photo not because so much food was going down, but because of how good ...
by Eric, Apr/03/08
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Mexico |
A Weekend in Xalapa
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I only had one weekend free during my time in Veracruz, and I chose to spend it in Xalapa (also written Jalapa). I'm from Madison, Wisconsin, so the description of Xalapa as a artsy college town that is also a capitol city sounded like ...
by Renee, Mar/31/08
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We work hard to make sure you have all the Spanish you can use each day—six hours of class, someone to practice with from 7 AM to 9 PM, breakfast and La Comida in Spanish, but that’s not the kind of “piling it on” I’m talking about.
I’m talking about a great ...
by Eric, Mar/28/08
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Mexico |
One of Our Best Vacations Ever
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There is no way we could say enough great things about Eric and Linda. Right from the start, they made us feel like we were guests in their home rather than students in a school. The teachers were there every morning to share breakfast and chat with us. We worked on our language skills in a very informal, comfortable setting all morning and then shared lunch with the teachers. There was so much conviviality—so much laughing and joking and sharing travel stories with the teachers and the other students—that we soon forgot we were in a school—we were painlessly absorbing what would have been months and months of Spanish study back in the states!
Every day found us fully engaged with the culture, the people, and the language of Veracruz Mexico. ...
by Larry, Mar/26/08
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Veracruz |
You Thought of Everything
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You thought of everything. From the moment I walked into my room at midnight (after arriving at 11pm on a direct flight from Houston) I was impressed with how much thought had been put into making everything just right so that I could concentrate on learning Spanish.
The alarm clock on the nightstand was already set for 6:30; there was a bottle of drinking water on the dresser along with a printed schedule for week 1 and 4 pages explaining how things work at the school. There were fresh towels, a new bar of soap, a new box of kleenex and an unopened package of toilet paper.
At 6:30 the next morning I found coffee ready to be poured and a bowl of fruit. I sat down on one of the extremely comfortable
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by Danielle, Mar/15/08
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Veracruz |
If This Were Jeopardy, “What Is XOCONOSTLE?” Would Be Your Answer.
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My husband Ed and I are studying at the Fabuloso Language School of Veracruz. We had been here 6 days (newbies to Spanish), and on
Monday for our Out & About with Ceci and Paola, we explored El Mercado cerca del Zocalo.
The aisles were crowded around the fruit stands, and Ed’s Seeing Eye dog Abbott,
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by Morgan, Mar/14/08
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Veracruz |
Two Down, None To Go—That Sure Makes Life a Lot Prettier.
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It was prettier last night at the ballet folklorico on the malecon, and it was prettier in the zocalo for a light late dinner.
Earlier in the day it was prettier riding the “Boca” bus all the way to the end and back. It was prettier walking the beach with Linda, and even just wandering around the neighborhood for exercise.
Cataract surgery, my second ...
by Eric, Mar/13/08
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Veracruz |
Great to See Him at Dinner, and Even Better to See Him When You’re Sick
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Dr. Luis Salazar had dinner with us a few night ago—actually he was a few tables away enjoying a night out with his wife and kids. He is a first-rate, high quality, well and fully trained, US quality, skilled doctor. That’s ...
by Eric, Feb/11/08
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Veracruz |
This Was the Best School I Have Experienced.
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I spent 3 and half weeks in the Veracruz Spanish Immersion School and what an experience. Unlike the two other schools I had been to, this was a total immersion experience.
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by Jerry, Jan/21/08
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Veracruz |
When the Coconuts Come Down, the Fun Goes Up.
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Imagine a million people lining the boulevard that runs along the waterfront and a coconut falls. That’s worse than ouch; it’s seriously dangerous. The coconuts have to go. And so, right now they’re on their way.
It’s because Carnaval...
by Eric, Jan/19/08
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Mexico |
An Experience of a Lifetime!
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I do not know why but I woke up thinking about Veracruz this morning. I am not the sentimental type but this morning I just had to get on-line and read the Spanish Immersion blogs, which is the next best thing to being at Eric and Linda’s wonderful Spanish Immersion School. Every student blog posting brought back wonderful memories. The love for Veracruz and its citizens shines through in owner Eric’s blogs.
What happens when you take a 53-year-old introverted, retired pediatrician who is passionate about learning Spanish but has been frustrated by poor comprehensive and oral skills and plop her into a unique Spanish immersion environment?
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by Terry, Jan/12/08
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Mexico |
It’s a Grind, and It’s Great
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We’re intense when it comes to you learning a lot of Spanish, but it’s not nose to the grind stone. Nor is it so much pressure and pushing and pulling that it feels like being caught in a meat grinder. And even though accordians play in the zocalo we don’t have any organ grinders.
What we do have is ...
by Eric, Jan/11/08
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Mexico |
Going Down the River by Chevy
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It sounds like a car commercial. But it’s not down the valley along side the river—it’s floating down the river.
And bouncing and bashing into rocks and spinning and getting soaked. Yesterday a family went whitewater rafting at Jalcomulco. Chevy ran ...
by Eric, Dec/31/07
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Veracruz |
A Student's Take on the School
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Before leaving for Veracruz I was a little hesitant about everything. I am a very calculated, think-things-out-before-you-leave kind of guy, so not speaking with Eric or Linda, solely relying on the pictures on the website (they do Veracruz and the School no justice, you need to see it with your own eyes) and a few emails I really wasn't sure what I had gotten myself into.
With that said, Eric and Linda met me at the airport on time (well Continental Airlines "on-time" 1 1/2 hour late) and instantly I knew that I had made a wise decision once we started our conversation in the cab. Eric and Linda are just great people who make everyone feel welcome. Once we arrived at ...
by Matt, Dec/27/07
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“Time flies, as they say, when you’re having fun, and today is our third Christmas Eve,” I wrote a year ago, “here at school.”
Today is our FOURTH Christmas Eve ...
by Eric, Dec/24/07
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Veracruz |
An Incomplete Photo, A Political Machine
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I was standing in the curb lane. This is Mexico; it’s fine to stand in the curb line. I was trying to get a good photo of our “lona.” A lona is a tarp, and it’s also (as in this case) a foldable ...
by Eric, Dec/16/07
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Mexico |
From a Student, a Cryptic Note That Speaks Volumes
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I took the post test today. :)
I tested at the first semester second year level.
I started at the first semester first year level.
That’s a one year gain.
{Explanation of Mickey’s cryptic...
by Mickey, Dec/12/07
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Veracruz |
A Businessman says, “Extraordinary…Absolutely Great…,” and more.
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It is hard to narrow down the positive experiences into just a few sentences as the entire week went well beyond my expectations. Your approach to immersing the student into Spanish at the level they are at is extraordinary. I was very impressed with the level of instruction ...
by Dave, Dec/08/07
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Veracruz |
Icing on the Cake
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Hector finishes all his class work this semester. He’s going to be a high quality, and surely highly successful mechanical engineer.
He starts his “residencia profesional,” engineering residency in less than a month. So, yep, ...
by Eric, Nov/22/07
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Veracruz |
We Splurged, and It’s Everybody’s to Enjoy.
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Surely you can understand. We had to do it. We’re a school in Veracruz, after all, and part of what we offer is participating in the local culture.
And anyhow, we really wanted to. So we splurged; we bought a ...
by Eric, Nov/10/07
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Mexico |
Polyurethane in Veracruz, and It’s All Over the Floor.
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Hardwood floors are high maintenance at best. But also at their best, they’re beautiful. When we were fixing up the school building, now over three years ago, the hardwood in the commons area and office area looked terrible.
We had to sand the floor. We couldn’t find a floor sander ...
by Eric, Nov/08/07
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Mexico |
Modern Technology Making Life Better
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Well, I admit it’s a small thing. But is affects everyone’s life at school. So, here’s technology making everyone’s life better.
The quickest glance will show you that it’s different, but it’s when you use it that you see just how much improved it is.
On the edge of our kitchen, available to everyone, sits our ...
by Eric, Oct/16/07
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Mexico |
Coffee’s Ready at 6:15.
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I guess we do it because we’ve always liked a cup of coffee first thing. It’s just part of the routine; we’ve never really thought about it.
But Bill did, and he said it’s another one of those little things ...
by Eric, Oct/07/07
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Veracruz--sitting right on the ocean's sandy beaches and just 80 miles, as the crow flies, from North America's third highest mountain peak..
Veracruz is one of the world's safest cities.
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Veracruz 011.52.229.931.4716
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The School's Mexico Address
The Language Immersion School
Calle Alacio Pérez #61
Col. R. Flores Magón
Veracruz, Ver. Mexico
C.P. 91900
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