Zaragoza

Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain has been over since September, but now we can take a look back at the Spanish pavillion that was designed by architect Francisco Mangado.

Spanish Pavillion at Expo Zaragoza 2008 2008

Zaragoza is now a successful Artist here in his beloved Ajijic.

The art of Javier Zaragoza, Lake Chapala artist 2007

Zaragoza is now a successful Artist here in his beloved Ajijic.

The art of Javier Zaragoza, Lake Chapala artist 2007

Zaragoza is now a successful Artist here in his beloved Ajijic.

The art of Javier Zaragoza, Lake Chapala artist 2007

Juchitan de Zaragoza is not known as a tourist center.

Growing winter vegetables 2006

The route from the valley below to Ignacio Zaragoza is singular, but getting to the cave from the little village can be confusing.

The Valley Of The Caves 2006

The route from the valley below to Ignacio Zaragoza is singular, but getting to the cave from the little village can be confusing.

The Valley Of The Caves 2006

If anybody thinks I exaggerate, I can only beg him to eat boiled mussels in Zaragoza: but to make a will first.

Try Anything Twice 1938

We lunched off fried artichokes and boiled mussels in Zaragoza, and then climbed up on to the great desert plateau of Aragon, beside which Navarre, in memory, seemed almost lush.

Try Anything Twice 1938

So there I was driving west on Zaragoza from the Ajijic Plaza heading toward Rio Zula in West Ajijic and I had just passed the Danza del Sol Hotel when I spotted two kids helping each other to climb a high residential wall during the full mid-day sun and I found that somewhat alarming but I noticed that there was a gardener sweeping the street precisely in front of where those kids were scaling that wall and I made the asumption that had those kids been up to no good that mature and respectable looking gardener would have accosted them so I simply drove on rather than confront them as I certainly did not wish to make a fool of myself and today I realized that, in light of the notion that new sets of gangs from outside the community seem to be working our streets, perhaps I should have alerted the authorities but I´m a sumbitch if I know who the authorities in Chapala Municipality are in the first place so why should I make a fool of myself alerting people I dont know from Adam´s Housecat what activities, no matter how suspicious, are engaged in and that may be a huge part of the problem we face here.

Talk is Cheap 2009