3/13/2006

Mexico: better weather than Iowa

Filed under: — Aprille @ 2:25 pm

Well, we’re back to cold and windy, and it may snow this week. But I shall not let it get me down. I love springtime, and it has not abandoned me forever. Springtime wouldn’t do that to me, and I won’t turn my back on it.

One time quite a few years ago, I visited a town in Mexico called Cuernavaca. The word “cuernavaca” means “cow horn,” but it’s really just a way of smooshing the native word for the town into something that sounded Spanish. I don’t remember what the native word was, but it meant “whispering trees.” Cuernavaca has the little tagline of “the city of eternal springtime.” From what I understand, just about every country has one of those, but I’m lucky to have visited Mexico’s.

It was really a beautiful town. It’s about an hour south of Mexico City, and like Mexico City, it’s at a pretty high altitude. That means it doesn’t get as hot as other parts of Mexico, and there are always nice breezes. It was a lovely place all around and I would like to go back.

Especially on a gloomily-poomily day like today. Mexico is fun. I ate ice cream there.

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