Comments on: No such thing as “Simple errands” http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/no-such-thing-as-simple-errands.html The personal blog of the Cottrill family, Canadians living in Mexico. Mon, 07 May 2012 21:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/no-such-thing-as-simple-errands.html/comment-page-1#comment-42482 Jim Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:19:03 +0000 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=841#comment-42482 Hey Greg - Point well taken, we could always do better keeping up with current events. However, in my defence, I actually <i>did</i> know about the teacher's strike. What I <i>didn't</i> know was the extent to which they had taken over the downtown of Cuernavaca. But of course, it's not my city - I was only visiting there for the day. :) I've heard since that they've vacated the downtown streets, much to the local store owner's relief... Hey Greg –

Point well taken, we could always do better keeping up with current events.

However, in my defence, I actually did know about the teacher’s strike. What I didn’t know was the extent to which they had taken over the downtown of Cuernavaca. But of course, it’s not my city – I was only visiting there for the day. :)

I’ve heard since that they’ve vacated the downtown streets, much to the local store owner’s relief…

]]> By: Greg in Monterrey http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/no-such-thing-as-simple-errands.html/comment-page-1#comment-42481 Greg in Monterrey Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:56:39 +0000 http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=841#comment-42481 What you encountered was the teachers' strike which is going on in at least 10 Mexican states. Yesterday they tried to storm Los Pinos (Mexico's version of the U.S. White House) and President Calderón sent out a delegation to dialogue with them, gratefully, instead of using force to dispel them. As foreigners living in Mexico sometimes we find ourselves in the midst of these things (including shoot outs, unfortunately, but that's another story...) and, though we can't know everything going on - it really does vale la pena to keep up with current events. A very good news source is Ana María Salazar's blog "Mexico Today" at: http://www.mexicotodayblog.com/ I tell you this just as a FYI on a good news site and don't mean to imply that you guys *don't* keep up with current events here...so please don't think I'm "talking down to you" (I hate it when other foreigners who've been here longer that me arrogantly lecture me on Mexico!) What you encountered was the teachers’ strike which is going on in at least 10 Mexican states. Yesterday they tried to storm Los Pinos (Mexico’s version of the U.S. White House) and President Calderón sent out a delegation to dialogue with them, gratefully, instead of using force to dispel them. As foreigners living in Mexico sometimes we find ourselves in the midst of these things (including shoot outs, unfortunately, but that’s another story…) and, though we can’t know everything going on – it really does vale la pena to keep up with current events. A very good news source is Ana María Salazar’s blog “Mexico Today” at:

http://www.mexicotodayblog.com/

I tell you this just as a FYI on a good news site and don’t mean to imply that you guys *don’t* keep up with current events here…so please don’t think I’m “talking down to you” (I hate it when other foreigners who’ve been here longer that me arrogantly lecture me on Mexico!)

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