South of the Border, baby!

Even though this stack of exams and a looming set of grades and comments might conspire to have me think otherwise, I am in fact going to Mexico in just under two weeks! I will be resuscitating my rusty Spanish skills, dusting off my pack, and heading south of the border to travel, teach, and travel again for the summer. I landed a job teaching science in a summer program in Cholula, Mexico for the month of July, and I plan to explore the richness of Mexico for two weeks on either side of my stay in Cholula (near Puebla, southeast of Mexico City). I've never been to Mexico, never combined work and travel quite like this, never taught in a summer program... In many ways this will be an adventure of "firsts" and I suppose that is the best kind to have. I expect to learn a lot from the teaching experience (it will be rather different than my usual teaching gig in terms of students, schedule, curriculum, colleagues, and location) and thoroughly enjoy my travels as well.

I will do my best to update this blog periodically, bringing you all the stories you never knew you didn't want to read about my time abroad. Do email me with your comments, queries, and more. A familiar e-voice will be more than welcome once I start my peregrinations.