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TEFL Teacher Gathering Mexico City, August 2007

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

As announced on Dave’s ESL Cafe, the next TEFLer get together in the big city will be in August of this year.

Sunday, August 19th, 3 PM in Coyoacan…there’s a place with a patio called El Hijo Del Cuervo. They are right in the Plaza Centenario. Their website is at http://www.elhijodelcuervo.com.mx/

For those who haven’t been, Coyoacan is a lovely area in southern Mexico City. The plaza is of cobblestone streets with a church in the center. A very common Sunday gathering spot for families with performances, patios, and markets.
Coyoacan Mexico City
Hope to see you there! Email me if you need directions.
After the fact…
We had a great time…Coyoacan is a pleasant area of Mexico City, with performers, shady trees, and smiles all around.
TEFL Mexico
TEFL Mexico
And a little video on You Tube for the drumming band above…
Catch up with the whole conversation and other teachers over at Dave’s ESL Cafe...see you at the next outing!

TEFL Teacher Get Together

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

It’s been some months, so it was time to host another outing for the foreign teachers working in Mexico City.

This time ’round, we chose the Franz Mayer Museum in the Historic Center of Mexico City.

Franz Mayer Museum

Frommer’s Review


One of the capital’s foremost museums, the Franz Mayer Museum opened in 1986 in a beautifully restored 16th-century building on Plaza de la Santa Veracruz on the north side of La Alameda. The extraordinary 10,000-piece collection of antiques, mostly Mexican objects from the 16th through 19th centuries, was amassed by one man: Franz Mayer. A German immigrant, he adopted Mexico as his home in 1905 and grew rich here. Before his death in 1975, Mayer bequeathed the collection to the country and arranged for its permanent display through a trust with the Banco Nacional. The pieces, mostly utilitarian objects (as opposed to pure art objects), include inlaid and richly carved furniture; an enormous collection of Talavera pottery; gold and silver religious pieces; sculptures; tapestries; rare watches and clocks (the oldest is a 1680 lantern clock); wrought iron; old-master paintings from Europe and Mexico; and 770 Don Quixote volumes, many of which are rare editions or typographically unique. There’s so much here that it may take two visits to absorb it. In the central courtyard, a pleasant cafe serves coffee and light snacks.

Franz Mayer Courtyard

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TEFL Inspired Haiku

Sunday, July 15th, 2007
Haiku Bear with me...I sometimes think I can write, and lately, Haiku has captured my interest. Here are some of my own scrawlings, based not so much on teaching abroad, but more of life in ... [Continue reading this entry]

EFL Teacher Needed in Mexico City

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
With Innovative English...part time hours for a qualified native-speaking teacher.  Mostly business English classes. Email me at guy@innovative-english.com

Mexico City Art

Friday, February 16th, 2007
It's been a long time now that I've lost patience with people who cringe when talking about Mexico City. All the stories I've ever heard about how dangerous and ugly this city is have always been told by people ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sundays in Mexico

Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Mexico Sunday Sundays are my favorite days in Mexico. Sundays are all about family, futbol, absolutely and completely forgetting about work, and copious amounts of good food. Mexico City is hustle and bustle from Monday to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Teaching in Mexico – A State by State Look

Sunday, January 14th, 2007
I've been writing up a state-by-state look at teaching in Mexico, trying to bring together several years' worth of discussion topics over at Dave's ESL Cafe Mexico forum. Many of the regular posters over ... [Continue reading this entry]

TEFL Course Videos – Students in Action

Friday, January 12th, 2007
TEFL Mexico Ever what wonder what's in store for you in a TEFL course? I regularly capture our TEFL students' efforts in the practical teaching component on video to be able to offer post-class feedback ... [Continue reading this entry]

Work Permits (FM3 Work Visa) in Mexico

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
TEFL Passport I've been working in Mexico for 6 years now, and much of my job as both a TEFL course instructor and employment advisor revolves around the issue of the work permit. I work ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mexico City Road Hockey

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
TEFL hockey Several years ago, I got it into my head that it would be scads of fun to play road or ice hockey in Mexico City. I'd hoped that there would be some interest ... [Continue reading this entry]