A couple of days ago, February 2nd, was the 165th anniversary of when Mexico sold a very large part of its country to the United States. It was called the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. If the two countries had not made this agreement in which Mexico only made $15 million, as a resident of the great state of Washington I'd only have to drive a few hours to be in Mexico. That's the 42nd parallel where California and Nevada are. I would have lived on the Texas/Mexico border when I was a resident of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas as the Nueces River was the border in 1848, when the treaty was signed. Then it became the Río Bravo (Rio Grande in the U.S.A.) as it's known in Mexico. This was mainly president Polk's doing.
By the way, did you know that the original spelling of Texas was Tejas? Tejas comes from the Caddo Indian language and means "friends" or "allies". Hmmm.
Though I lived several years in south Texas and even on the border, it has been a number of years since I have returned to visit. Nowadays I fly to Mexico City to develop a new tour business, Coyoacán Walking Tours. I am very patient when it comes to starting this new venture as 1. I intend it to be a slow growth to ensure quality service 2. I am working on a second addition to a little book I wrote 3. I'm having fun so why get in a hurry?
So, in the past year I have visited Mexico City and other locations three times. Coyoacan, a borough of Mexico City has become my "headquarters" and home away from home. It's also where my father was born and where we begin our tour itinerary.
On my visits what has impressed me so much is the friendliness of most of the people, even with Mexico City as huge as it is. That said, I'd like to dedicate this post to my "tejas", friends new and old. To those I may never see again and to those I hope of course to get to know better. Hasta la próxima.
Eric Durán
By the way, did you know that the original spelling of Texas was Tejas? Tejas comes from the Caddo Indian language and means "friends" or "allies". Hmmm.
Though I lived several years in south Texas and even on the border, it has been a number of years since I have returned to visit. Nowadays I fly to Mexico City to develop a new tour business, Coyoacán Walking Tours. I am very patient when it comes to starting this new venture as 1. I intend it to be a slow growth to ensure quality service 2. I am working on a second addition to a little book I wrote 3. I'm having fun so why get in a hurry?
So, in the past year I have visited Mexico City and other locations three times. Coyoacan, a borough of Mexico City has become my "headquarters" and home away from home. It's also where my father was born and where we begin our tour itinerary.
On my visits what has impressed me so much is the friendliness of most of the people, even with Mexico City as huge as it is. That said, I'd like to dedicate this post to my "tejas", friends new and old. To those I may never see again and to those I hope of course to get to know better. Hasta la próxima.
Eric Durán
December 2011
June and July 2012
December 2012 to January 2013
Gracias Eric. You are a good tejas...
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