On our last trip to Guanajuato (November 2006), we took a detour from Rosario’s home state and headed to Amatitán, Jalisco for a tour of Casa Herradura, makers of Herradura and Jimador tequila. Rosario shot the tour with her new video camera while I took photos.

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Heading north through Tijuana on the Via Rápida, getting gas for $3/gallon, crossing the border, driving on the I-805 in San Diego.

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For a few days in November of 2006, we visited Guanajuato. In this video, Rosario reminisces about her first childhood trip to the state’s capital city.

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It is done. I finished editing our vacation videos from 2006! I cut it into scenes, but the total running time is almost an hour. This embedded video player shows all of them back-to-back, but you’re probably better off picking and choosing from the list below. You can also download all of them in iTunes if you prefer.

Videos

• San Diego Airport Before Departure: Rosario and I being silly as we wait to board our first red-eye flight to New York.
• Central Park, World Trade Center: We had about 12 hours in NY before taking another red-eye flight to Madrid.
• Madrid: Graciela takes us to Puerta del Sol and Puerta de Alcalá, with a glimpse of the architecture of the Madrid Barajas Airport.
• Elche, Valencia, Alicante: Gema takes us through a few more Spanish cities, seeing la Dama de Elche, a museum, cathedral, castle, and televised World Cup game.
• Barcelona: Marta gives us a taste of the city’s culture.
• Mercat de la Boqueria: The huge market near la rambla in Barcelona.
• Manamana: Marta and Rosario’s version of the Muppets’ song, with some amazing laughter at the end.
• Leonardo DiCaprio at Parc Güell: Only as he was leaving did Marta realize it was him. We went back and found him in a bunch of the shots.
• Dinner with Francisco & José: Conversation with some new friends.
• Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia: Marta walks us through the famous cathedral.
• World Cup Game: Mexico vs. Angola in Hannover, all dressed up.
• Berlin Wall: Wandering around the city on bike, another World Cup plaza.
• Venice: Apparently not as romantic as expected.
• Florence: Roaming the city with a pit stop in Sienna, World Cup on giant screen.
• Rome: Touring the Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican and catacombs. |

Originial blog posts from ‘06

• World Trade Center almost 5 years after the fall
• A few hours in Madrid
• Cannons, tigernuts and stone women, oh my!
• Ah, Barcelona…
• Berlin during the World Cup
• The journey comes to a close in Italy

Photos from ‘06

• Spain & Catalunya
• Germany
• Italy

Here’s a video of my nephews hunting for shells on their first trip to San Felipe, México. We drove down Thanksgiving weekend.

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For anyone who might visit, we stayed at a hoste/hotel called Maya Bell. It’s actually inside the National Park of Palenque. We had a great time exploring and soaking in the ancient city.

Some of my best photos from the trip were shot here in Palenque.

Video recorded September 20, 2007

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