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Why Learn Spanish in Mexico City?

Mexico City is The Best place to learn Spanish quickly and effectively!  Mexico City is the cultural, artistic and historical center of the largest Spanish-speaking country in the World.  Benefits to studying Spanish in Mexico City include:

  • Access to the largest Mexican and Latin History collections in the World
  • A broad array of Mexican Art and Theater
  • Easy access to and from your home country via an International Airport
  • Central location provides easy and affordable travel by plane and bus to all of Mexico's Resort and Historical Destinations
  • Temperate Climate year-round -- No snow and no humidity.
  • World-wide range of shopping and restaurants  -- Including, of course, the Best Mexican food anywhere -- at affordable prices.
  • Authentic Mexican Experience - You won't feel like a tourist!

News

Celebrating Las Posadas in Mexico City
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

A unique Mexican Christmas custom is Las Posadas (The Inns) celebrated the 9 days prior to Christmas, December 16th through the 24th. Las Posadas is celebrated to remember the struggles of Mary and Joseph as they tried to find lodging in Bethlehem.  The 9 nights of the celebration signify the nine days they Mary and Joseph traveled to reach Bethlehem from Jerusalem.

Traditionally, friends, family or neighbors will gather at the house of a different host each of the 9 nights to sing hymns and eat tamales with hot drinks, such as atole or ponche. The highlight of the evening is the singing of the traditional Posadas hymn, sung in a call and response fashion, where the hosts, acting as the innkeepers, sing from within the closed door of their house, and the guests stand outside the room and sing the verses of Joseph and Mary asking to stay at the inn. At the end of the song, the innkeepers open the doors to give room to Mary and Joseph.

Afterward, snacks and drinks are usually provided, and one or more piñatas are broken by the children and guests.

Las Posadas Fiesta at the Spanish School

We always like to treat our students to a Posadas fiesta on the last day of classes prior to the Christmas break. Students make traditional piñatas by decorating clay pots, or canteros, with paint and colored paper.  The pots are then filled with candy and, of course, broken!

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December 12th is the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and attracts millions of pilgrims to the Basilica in Northern Mexico City where the image of the Virgin Mary is displayed. History As the story goes, in December of 1531, peasant farmer Jua...

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Have some Ming Dinasty bowls and vases that you want ot get rid of?  Why not build a gigantic fountain in the middle of your house with it?  That's what one family did in the 18th century. The Casa del Risco, or House of the Cliff, is locat...

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As part of Mexico City’s effort to provide access to art and Mexican history, a collection of bronze sculptures by famed surrealist artist and sculptor Leonora Carrington are currently on display in the boulevard on Paseo Reforma, between the Museum ...

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