I am a foreigner

I am a foreigner.

I know the anticipation and excitement of living in a foreign country, as well as the accompanying culture shock and bewilderment. I have experienced the joy of expressing myself in a new language, as well as the unease of not understanding the joke. Since I have lived outside of the U.S. for most of the last 10 years, being a foreigner has become my new normal.

And then recently I realized, I am a foreigner in more than one respect . . . continue the story on Tortilla Press

A really short history of Mexico City

In less than 4 minutes, this video relates the history of Mexico City from its inception in 1521 to our modern day. After viewing, let's see if you can pronounce the name of the former Aztec capital upon which Spanish conquistadores built Mexico City. Do you recall the tragic event that occurred 10 days prior to the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City? How about the name of a prominent Mexican artist pictured with her husband Diego Rivera?