Seeing my Mexico surroundings
I was able to see well enough to appreciate the Easter-basket beauty of the many different spring blossoms around Lake Chapala. With a clear, clean, robin-egg-blue sky as a background, the constantly changing tones of the mountains completed the mural of purple jacaranda, yellow primavera, magenta bougainvillea and the white and pink amapas trees.
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Walking to Talpa in March
They are called romerías or peregrinaciones, and the people who make them are usually called peregrinos. They are pilgrims coming to pay homage to Our Lady of the Rosary of Talpa, and they come by the thousands at this time of the year. It is best to buy shoes one size too big, and fill them up with extra socks when you start.
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My first pilgrimage: the Virgin "Rosario de Talpa", Jalisco.
If you live here in Mexico and don't study the culture or experience first-hand this ancient and mysterious country, you are missing the richness that surrounds you daily. It is one thing to go on an a...
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November in Talpa: month-long celebrations
From the Day of the Dead to the Guava Fair and the arrival of ten Virgins, November in Talpa is filled with festivities.
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