Guadalajara 469th Birthday!
Guadalajara celebrates it's 469th birthday this year!!!! Though the official founding day is on February 14th, all of this month is filled with activities to celebrate this important event. Most important is the "Feria Fundacional" or the Founding Festival which brings to our city free cultural events and concerts for ...all ages. Those students taking one of our Spanish programs during this month are sure in for a treat!!!!!!!See More
Counting Down to the 2011 Panamerican Games
The 16th Pan American Games are to take place in October 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. It will be the largest multi-sport event held in Mexico outside the capital. 36 sports, with sub-disciplines that makes the number 43, will be contested at the Games and there will be 361 medal events.PASO selected the city unanimously as the host for 16th Pan American Games on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Guadalajara was the only city to officially bid for the 2011 Pan American Games. This may have been in part due to no announced/open candidature period for the event. Guadalajara initially bid for the 2003 Pan American Games which were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
*information obtained from Wikipedia.org
Is Mexico Safe?
Lately a lot of concern has arisen in regards to traveling to Mexico. Even though the unfortunate incidents which have made world news are taking place in those states bordering with the U.S. the media has generalized the problem to include all of Mexico. So, is Mexico safe? According to Jayne Clark of U.S.A.Today.com ...the numbers are saying yes. Check out their article at the following link: http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/12/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-mexico-judging-from-the-numbers-many-say-yes/134217/1
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