Jose Aguayo wrote:
>Arturo:
>I am a Coloradoan who has expressed an interest in the “Dream Trip”. Best
>times for me are in the months of April, June, or July. Autumn would not
>work for me because I am going to Spain to do some research there.
>
okay. . .hmmm, so who are you going to take with you from the group. Are
you going to Seville?
I’ve heard that a lot of what you can find in the Archivo de Indias in
Seville can also be found in Mexico City (Ask Mickey Garcia). I also
heard that it takes a lot of preliminary work just to be able to get
into some of the libraries in Spain. Almost like you have to know
someone just to get in. I don’t really know just some things I”ve heard.
Mickey Can you comment for us?
joseph
>Jose Aguayo
>
Jose Aguayo wrote:
>Arturo:
>I am a Coloradoan who has expressed an interest in the “Dream Trip”. Best
>times for me are in the months of April, June, or July. Autumn would not
>work for me because I am going to Spain to do some research there.
>
okay. . .hmmm, so who are you going to take with you from the group. Are
you going to Seville?
I’ve heard that a lot of what you can find in the Archivo de Indias in
Seville can also be found in Mexico City (Ask Mickey Garcia). I also
heard that it takes a lot of preliminary work just to be able to get
into some of the libraries in Spain. Almost like you have to know
someone just to get in. I don’t really know just some things I”ve heard.
Mickey Can you comment for us?
joseph
>Jose Aguayo
>
I don’t know if going on the grand tour is in MY future, but I always thought that a trip to the Jalisco-Zacatecas area would at some time coincide with the Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara (September). After all that research – you gotta party, right?
I will look forward to see how all this progresses – Good luck!!
Natalie
I don’t know if going on the grand tour is in MY future, but I always thought that a trip to the Jalisco-Zacatecas area would at some time coincide with the Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara (September). After all that research – you gotta party, right?
I will look forward to see how all this progresses – Good luck!!
Natalie
I spent 30 days in Mexico in 2003, we went the last week of March and 3 weeks of April. We were in Guadalajara during Easter and everything was closed for abt 4 days.. that was a surprise but the festivities with the churchs were amazing. I was in Guadalajara, Tapalpa, El Grullo, El Limon and then went on by bus to Zacatecas City for 4 days and then into Jerez Zacatecas for a week.. the weather was cool in the evenings and beautiful during the day. We returned to Guadalajara for Easter week.
Weather is something to consider..
Linda in Everett
arturoramos wrote:
The area is very arid and there are basically two seasons, a season of mud and a season of dust. The temperatures do vary somewhat, but it never gets really hot because the altitude is so high… unless of course you get down in the Bolanos canyon. The rainy season can be somewhat treacherous for travel in back areas since there are flash floods (heavy tropical rains where no rain has fallen for months) and mud but the roads have improved tremendously in recent years and most paved roads are well drained, etc.
I think the best time of the year to go is in early autumn. There are still lots of rituals related to end of the corn growing season (September) and the weather is ideal then… almost no rain but things are still green and temperatures don’t drop so much at night.
The spring is also nice, especially if anybody wants to make a jaunt down to the beach. December and early January are not a good time to go because half of the Mexican immigrants in the US go down and flights are very expensive, it is impossible to find lodging or rental cars, etc.
We can perhaps try to figure out when some of the towns have their Fiestas and try to coordinate around those. These tend to be in the winter however… people historically had less work then I suppose.
I spent 30 days in Mexico in 2003, we went the last week of March and 3 weeks of April. We were in Guadalajara during Easter and everything was closed for abt 4 days.. that was a surprise but the festivities with the churchs were amazing. I was in Guadalajara, Tapalpa, El Grullo, El Limon and then went on by bus to Zacatecas City for 4 days and then into Jerez Zacatecas for a week.. the weather was cool in the evenings and beautiful during the day. We returned to Guadalajara for Easter week.
Weather is something to consider..
Linda in Everett
arturoramos wrote:
The area is very arid and there are basically two seasons, a season of mud and a season of dust. The temperatures do vary somewhat, but it never gets really hot because the altitude is so high… unless of course you get down in the Bolanos canyon. The rainy season can be somewhat treacherous for travel in back areas since there are flash floods (heavy tropical rains where no rain has fallen for months) and mud but the roads have improved tremendously in recent years and most paved roads are well drained, etc.
I think the best time of the year to go is in early autumn. There are still lots of rituals related to end of the corn growing season (September) and the weather is ideal then… almost no rain but things are still green and temperatures don’t drop so much at night.
The spring is also nice, especially if anybody wants to make a jaunt down to the beach. December and early January are not a good time to go because half of the Mexican immigrants in the US go down and flights are very expensive, it is impossible to find lodging or rental cars, etc.
We can perhaps try to figure out when some of the towns have their Fiestas and try to coordinate around those. These tend to be in the winter however… people historically had less work then I suppose.
In Guadalajara there is always something going on. In October are “Las fiestas de Octubre”, this goes on for one month during October throughout Guadalajara. Every night there are live performances as in music, song and dance, live theatre, poetry readings etc and is spread out throughout the city.
In April Aguascalientes has it’s Feria de San Marcos that I believe lasts for a week and is supposed to be spectacular.
Every town has it’s yearly Fiestas Patronales, which is the feast of the Patron Saint of each town. I believe Enrique talked about Papiaquis in Nochistlan but I can’t recall what month it takes place. My town of Tlachichila Zac is in September, begins the 15th and ends the 28th, it’s the feast of San Agustin. It feels and sounds like a Mariachi Festival. There are at least 10 wonderful Mariachis with many of them natives of Tlachichila and Nochistlan as this is an area of the country that produces many musicians. You also have Bandas and Conjuntos Norteños, all in the same plaza and it lasts for 2 weeks.
I will do some research about the various ancestral towns to see when their fiestas take place, Natalie is right you have to party after doing so much research.
Alicia
In Guadalajara there is always something going on. In October are “Las fiestas de Octubre”, this goes on for one month during October throughout Guadalajara. Every night there are live performances as in music, song and dance, live theatre, poetry readings etc and is spread out throughout the city.
In April Aguascalientes has it’s Feria de San Marcos that I believe lasts for a week and is supposed to be spectacular.
Every town has it’s yearly Fiestas Patronales, which is the feast of the Patron Saint of each town. I believe Enrique talked about Papiaquis in Nochistlan but I can’t recall what month it takes place. My town of Tlachichila Zac is in September, begins the 15th and ends the 28th, it’s the feast of San Agustin. It feels and sounds like a Mariachi Festival. There are at least 10 wonderful Mariachis with many of them natives of Tlachichila and Nochistlan as this is an area of the country that produces many musicians. You also have Bandas and Conjuntos Norteños, all in the same plaza and it lasts for 2 weeks.
I will do some research about the various ancestral towns to see when their fiestas take place, Natalie is right you have to party after doing so much research.
Alicia
I concur with Alicia, in the large cities: Guadaljara, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes something is always going on. All three cities have major universities with major museums, libraries, cultural events as well as fun places to be merry. All three cities are hubs for their region with fine, world class accomodations, some of these hotels were re-adapted to hostels or 5 star hotels; for exaple in Zacatecas their finest hotel was built around a former “bullring”; the Quinta Real. Here’s their website: www.quintareal.com.
I was Nochistlan in January. They have a couple of nice small hotels, i stayed at the one accross the street from the “Jardin” – nice. Many of the towns we hail from have very informative websites, check them out. For Fiestas, the link below will take you to Nochistlan’s.
http://www.nochistlan.gob.mx/fiestas.html
Nochistlan’s papaqui’s are in mid-January, the “Fiestas de Octubre, Peregrinaje de la Virgen de Toyahua and “HIjo Ausente” are listed in the site above. El Hijo ausente is the day that Nochistlan welcomes all its sons and daughters back to Nochistlan from all over the world – literally.
Teocaltiche is only 15 minutes from Nochistlan, while Aguascalientes is about an hour. Teocaltiche has a feast in early November.
The pictures I posted recently in the Nuestros Ranchos website are captured moments from the 2006 papaqui.
I may join you in the group tour….at this time i dont want to specify a favorable time for me, usually I can join the group most times fo the year.
Enrique Legaspi Frias
Alicia Carrillo wrote:
In Guadalajara there is always something going on. In October are “Las fiestas de Octubre”, this goes on for one month during October throughout Guadalajara. Every night there are live performances as in music, song and dance, live theatre, poetry readings etc and is spread out throughout the city.
In April Aguascalientes has it’s Feria de San Marcos that I believe lasts for a week and is supposed to be spectacular.
Every town has it’s yearly Fiestas Patronales, which is the feast of the Patron Saint of each town. I believe Enrique talked about Papiaquis in Nochistlan but I can’t recall what month it takes place. My town of Tlachichila Zac is in September, begins the 15th and ends the 28th, it’s the feast of San Agustin. It feels and sounds like a Mariachi Festival. There are at least 10 wonderful Mariachis with many of them natives of Tlachichila and Nochistlan as this is an area of the country that produces many musicians. You also have Bandas and Conjuntos Norteños, all in the same plaza and it lasts for 2 weeks.
I will do some research about the various ancestral towns to see when their fiestas take place, Natalie is right you have to party after doing so much research.
Alicia
I concur with Alicia, in the large cities: Guadaljara, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes something is always going on. All three cities have major universities with major museums, libraries, cultural events as well as fun places to be merry. All three cities are hubs for their region with fine, world class accomodations, some of these hotels were re-adapted to hostels or 5 star hotels; for exaple in Zacatecas their finest hotel was built around a former “bullring”; the Quinta Real. Here’s their website: www.quintareal.com.
I was Nochistlan in January. They have a couple of nice small hotels, i stayed at the one accross the street from the “Jardin” – nice. Many of the towns we hail from have very informative websites, check them out. For Fiestas, the link below will take you to Nochistlan’s.
http://www.nochistlan.gob.mx/fiestas.html
Nochistlan’s papaqui’s are in mid-January, the “Fiestas de Octubre, Peregrinaje de la Virgen de Toyahua and “HIjo Ausente” are listed in the site above. El Hijo ausente is the day that Nochistlan welcomes all its sons and daughters back to Nochistlan from all over the world – literally.
Teocaltiche is only 15 minutes from Nochistlan, while Aguascalientes is about an hour. Teocaltiche has a feast in early November.
The pictures I posted recently in the Nuestros Ranchos website are captured moments from the 2006 papaqui.
I may join you in the group tour….at this time i dont want to specify a favorable time for me, usually I can join the group most times fo the year.
Enrique Legaspi Frias
Alicia Carrillo wrote:
In Guadalajara there is always something going on. In October are “Las fiestas de Octubre”, this goes on for one month during October throughout Guadalajara. Every night there are live performances as in music, song and dance, live theatre, poetry readings etc and is spread out throughout the city.
In April Aguascalientes has it’s Feria de San Marcos that I believe lasts for a week and is supposed to be spectacular.
Every town has it’s yearly Fiestas Patronales, which is the feast of the Patron Saint of each town. I believe Enrique talked about Papiaquis in Nochistlan but I can’t recall what month it takes place. My town of Tlachichila Zac is in September, begins the 15th and ends the 28th, it’s the feast of San Agustin. It feels and sounds like a Mariachi Festival. There are at least 10 wonderful Mariachis with many of them natives of Tlachichila and Nochistlan as this is an area of the country that produces many musicians. You also have Bandas and Conjuntos Norteños, all in the same plaza and it lasts for 2 weeks.
I will do some research about the various ancestral towns to see when their fiestas take place, Natalie is right you have to party after doing so much research.
Alicia
