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The Sponchumentary

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

We’re so excited to taste the ¡Sponch!

We can hardly wait!

How can you resist?

Uh oh… Big mistake

Allie no quiere ¡Sponch!

Blech.

Aww. Such dissapointment.

The ¡Sponch! winds up in the trash. Some of it regurgitated.

The ¡Sponch! is brutalized by the microwave.

Most Recent Photos

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

These kids are everywhere. It’s kind of sad. Like, really sad. Many of them are selling gum instead of trinkets. We usually slip them a couple pesos without asking for anything they’re selling.

The beautiful church on the square.

An image of the Instituto.

More of the Instituto

The grounds of the Instituto.

More of the grounds. These people […]

August 8th, 9th, 10th, and some of 11

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

We found a realty agent near the jardin and made an appointment for a little later in the day. We hung out in the cafe that has the WIFI connection, drank lemonade, and checked our emails. Allie and I went down there and met with Gustavo, the realtor, and he told us that there […]

August 7th and 8th

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Aug 7th and 8th
So, we saw an American woman sitting in the square at her laptop and she told us that, yes there is WIFI in the area. We found the reception to be pretty poor and she told us that the signal was stronger in the cafe across the street. We needed a snack, […]

The First Batch of Photos

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

Days One, Two, and a little bit of Three

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

Days One and Two:
The flights were utterly uneventful. But the Leon airport is so small that we disembarked down one of those stairways that they wheel up to the plane.
A fellow at the airport was holding up a sign that read, “Hauptman” so we followed him and the small group of old, Texan, lady tourists […]

Jon In Mexico

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

So, I’ll be in Mexico for the next two weeks or so. San Miguel del Allende, to be specific. I’ll be using this space on braincrabs.com as a travel log and photo database. So, check back every two days or so for substantial updates.