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Colonial Alamos

Mexico Alamos, Mexico  |  Nov 10, 2007
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 Viva Pancho Villa! 

After a few days in sunny San Carlos we decided to see Mexico. Away from the hordes of tourists that crowd the Pacific coast in November. We read about a Spanish language school in Alamos. Sonora is hot most of the year but is as mild with nice cool nights from November to February. We chose a place called Dolisa right in town. We wanted to be able to walk to the plaza everyday.

We booked the kids in the local language school. Alamos is a beautiful town but the gringo population is large. While you don’t really see them in the Plaza at night they are everywhere else. They are a different kind of gringo, these are older retired seniors from the US and Canada. Alamos is well known in Arizona and is the most northerly colonial town in Mexico.

The town was great. From the first night the kids made friends in the plaza and met them almost everyday in the city. The people were incredibly gracious. We met a family from France, whose kids were similar ages as ours. We have spent some time with them and our kids have had great fun together with their common language Spanish. It is amazing how many Europeans are RVing through North America, many are on their way to South America.

We had plenty of great experiences in Alamosa, it was our home for a week and a half. Every evening the plaza is alive with children, families, sports, street vendors and music. Young women walk in groups around the plaza, while young cowboys in their white hats circle the plaza in their pick up trucks playing Sonoran style Mexicana music for all to enjoy. MJ made friends with a girl named Carmen Elena and they played a different game every evening. Santiago and Mariano played futbol with the local kids.

The highlight of Alamosa was Indepedence Day. The entire town participated in a parade that included caballeros in their finest Mexican outfits, children dressed like Francisco Villa and dozens of Zapatos shouting ‘justicia y tierra’. Acrobats road on pick up trucks and performed human pyramids. Bands played on hay wagons while children danced in colonial costumes. An Aztec princess road atop a paper mache volcano and much more.
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