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A Guanajuato, Mexico Vacation Still Makes Sense Even in Scary Economic Times
Though the Worldwide Economic Crisis seems to have the world in a tizzy of worry and despair, Gringos are still coming to Mexico...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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Sneaking an Early Peek at Our Lady of Guanajuato
From my vantage point I could see everything Sitting in a small sidewalk café with the very original name, El Café (The Café), I was working on my third cup of Nescafe while watching Mexicans walking by like someone was chasing them...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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The Uninvited Church Parishioners in Guanajuato, Mexico
Arriving at Guanajuato's Templo de la Compañía is always a strange experience It's a church connected to the former Jesuit seminary, which is now the University of Guanajuato...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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Guanajuato, Mexico Tourist Season 2008
In the middle of the night when the bombing (Day of the Dead fireworks) began and I was startled awake by my three-foot, straight-up jump out of bed, I suddenly remembered I had forgotten to write my annual article about this year's Guanajuato Tourist Season...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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Notes From Life in the Twilight Zone - Mexican Style
I've come to believe in recent years that living in Mexico , and for a variety of reasons, is as close as you can get to living in The Twilight Zone...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: World Affairs
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When Gringos Attack
I thought I would write another article about a subject that's been near and dear to my heart since the wife and I moved to Central Mexico...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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The First Step In Your Expatriation Adventure
The very first thing you should consider once you've made your mind up as to where you are going to live overseas might surprise you...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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Why You Have To Listen First And Speak Later In Second Language Learning
If you've been following my articles on Second Language Acquisition, you know I've made a big deal about seeking to comprehend the language you've chosen to learn before trying to speak or produce in the language...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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You Can Learn A Second Language No Matter What
The other day I typed in "Language Schools" into Google and came up with a whopping 95 million hits After popping my eyes back into my head, I wondered just how many public schools, junior colleges, and universities are offering second language learning opportunities in the United States...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Self Help
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What Is Total Immersion In Learning A Second Language?
Introduction
In the 1990's when I was contemplating learning Spanish, I was told repeatedly by well-meaning friends that if I really wanted to learn Spanish I would have to live in a country in which Spanish was the dominate spoken tongue...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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How To Become Mexicanized
Is it fair, no, not fair but ethical, to demand of immigrants to America that which we, as Americans, would not demand of ourselves when and if we were to immigrate to another country...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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When Does Tolerance Stop Becoming A Virtue?
When does "Tolerance" or "Live and Let Live" stop becoming a virtue Is it even a virtue...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Opinions
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Spanishing In Guanajuato
I've been in Spanish classes for the past two weeks It's been great...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Career
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Not Knowing Spanish And Living In Mexico? A Dangerous Mix
If you happen to have an interest in expatriation and are targeting Mexico as a possibility, here is some of the banter you most certainly will read on the forums: "To Learn Spanish or Not To Learn Spanish, That is the Question...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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Heading Back To Spanish Class--Again!
I am 19 days away from starting my Spanish classes-again When the wife and I first moved to Mexico, we enrolled in Spanish classes...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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Living In Mexico And Taking Spanish Classes – Why?
The wife and I walked downtown from our East Guanajuato Barrio today On the way back, I stopped in one of the local Spanish Schools...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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Want To Be Fluent In Spanish? Watch Cartoons!
I've enjoyed my return to Spanish class here in Guanajuato immensely It's been a little strange because basically one ends up taking classes mainly with other Americans with a few other nationalities thrown in for good measure...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Education
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What Did Reagan Know About UFO's
Reagan seemed more enthralled with UFO's than all the US...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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A Quality Eyewitness UFO-Alien Account
The main problem with an eyewitness account of any event is reliability Whether someone witnesses a homicide, car wreck, plane crash, or whether someone catches his mate in bed with someone else and they scream, "It isn't what it looks like...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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DNA Left Behind In Space Alien Encounter
Some folks, skeptics and scoffers, are not going to believe in the existence of Aliens from other worlds manning UFO's unless they land in their backyards and ask for directions or to call a tow...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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Jimmy Carter - The UFO President
President Jimmy Carter was the first President of the United States of America to have officially reported the UFO he saw to the authorities...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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UFO Crashes In Mexico
During the summer of 1974, significant events were taking place On August 5th, Congress placed a monetary limit on aid to the military in Vietnam...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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I Grew Up In Area 51
I've often wondered whether the Alien Abduction Phenomenon was really as well known in groups that are not particularly inclined to learn anything about this subject...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Society
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U.S. Patriot Act Is Going To Kill Me
I am going to die I do not know exactly how long I have to live but my death is imminent...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Opinions
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Puffy Wet Lips
There's this guy who lives across the street from us who we have renamed Wet Lips When we are in a really lighthearted mood, we refer to him as Puffy Wet Lips...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Humor
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Cyberstalking Is A Worldwide Problem
I live in a medium-sized central Mexican town called Guanajuato Guanajuato is the capital of the state of Guanajuato...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Opinions
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Want To Succeed At Writing? You Need A Platform!
When I finished my book, "The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico," I sent queries to a number of publishers...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Writing
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I Was Just In The Middle Of A Dream
I was dreaming I was eating Carnitas...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Humor
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Don't Declare War: Opine!
It is very interesting to note how someone responds to what I've written about Gringolandia and its inhabitants, Gringolandians...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Advice
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Guanajuato: Too Many False Expectations
A friend of mine told me about a conversation she had with a person she knows in one of the Mexican Prime Living Locations on the west coast of Mexico...
Author: Douglas Bower - Category: Travel
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