THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: A TAUCK TOUR, SEPT. 6-13, 2014 I had never been to the Pacific Northwest but it had long been on my wish list. Having led 150 tour groups to 20 destinations abroad hadn’t left me with lots of time for the USA. Having taken three previous tours with Tauck, I knew I…
THE RICH LEGACY OF CUERNAVACA’S SPANISH-LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Address by James J. Horn, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, History, SUNY College Brockport NY CUERNAVACA: INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FOR THE TEACHING OF SPANISH A Symposium Sponsored by the State Government of Morelos & Universidad Internacional Cuernavaca, Mor. August 8, 2014 In 1973, I escorted my first group of NY…
This is the original submission of my article in THE NEWS (Mexico DF) printed in the March 18 edition as “Tourism Blooms in Central State.” I am posting the article to my blog because the link will disappear before long. http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/mexico-articulos/19932-tourism-blooms-in-central-state TOURISM SHOULD BE COMING UP ROSES IN MORELOS Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico James J. Horn,…
Morelos is Mexico’s second smallest state but one of its most appealing tourist destinations. Located on the border of the Federal District in south-central Mexico, it is only a 90-minute drive from the Mexico City airport and two and a half hours from Acapulco. Its near-perfect year-round climate has attracted visitors since the days of…
101 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT TEQUILA , MEZCAL, & PULQUE This blog post was published by Taste & Travel magazine, January 2014. For subscription information go to http://www.tasteandtravelmagazine.com. Here is a link to the published article. https://www.tasteandtravelmagazine.com/media/issue12_tequila.pdf. While actually a scotch drinker, I forced myself to like tequila as a sacrifice for my travel…
An edited version of this post appeared in THE NEWS (Mexico DF) May 24, 2013. http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/mexico-articulos/9903-cuernavaca’s-spanish-school-renaissance— CUERNAVACA’S SPANISH-LANGUAGE SCHOOLS RESILIENT DESPITE SETBACKS James J. Horn, Ph.d., Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, May 24, 2013 One of the world’s leading centers for teaching Spanish to foreigners is fighting to recover from several years of setbacks, particularly an unfair…