http://cottrillcompass.com/blog The personal blog of the Cottrill family, Canadians living in Mexico. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:25:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 130547http://www.feedburner.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Well, okay, this isn't really going to be an update on everything, but pretty close.First of all, pictures of Kenya are now in the Photo Gallery.  If you checked it before tonight (Thursday the 17th of July in the Year of Grace 2008), you haven't seen them all.  Of course, ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/338640686/kenya-english-leaks-and-updates-on-everything.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/kenya-english-leaks-and-updates-on-everything.html Due to the large number of requests (one, maybe two) I'm presenting the following panorama view from our house. If you want to see the view from our old house, see Cuernavaca here.It's a little dark in this shot, because it was first thing in the morning. The ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/333498897/view-from-our-roof-in-ixtapaluca.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/view-from-our-roof-in-ixtapaluca.html It's not easy waiting for an indefinite time at the airport with two energetic children.  But yesterday afternoon Shari zipped through the Mexican airport customs system like a fish over Niagra Falls, and so we didn't have too long to wait.She came with her suitcases, and it was a happy ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/331112912/welcome-home-shari.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/welcome-home-shari.html Yes, as of yesterday we have internet access, and even a phone.  How long has it been?  About a month, I guess.  Not bad considering the circumstances, although I had been hoping I would be able to check email and so on more in the mean time.So, here I am ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/329932434/yes-we-have-internet-access.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/yes-we-have-internet-access.html It's been a little while since my trip (and as I actually write this I still have no internet access), but I promised I would write a bit about my trip to Canada.  And a promise is a promise.  I'm going to follow the tradition of Shari when she came ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/327456897/jim-on-canada.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/jim-on-canada.html Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that we're all still alive, but will continue to be generally out of touch for a while. We are hoping to have phone/internet access within a couple of weeks, but of course it will take us a while to catch up with ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/317046039/out-of-touch.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/out-of-touch.html There's nothing like hand made tortillas, fresh and hot!  Well, that and something in them - a little meat, chilli, onion, lime.... but I digress.Our friends the McManus family took a video of some ladies making tortillas at a wedding.  It's a very familiar sight, so I thought I'd share ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/314926828/hand-made-tortillas-video.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/hand-made-tortillas-video.html I'm writing you from Calgary, Canada at the moment. I just wanted to give you a quick update on what's going on here and in Mexico City. We don't have any phone or internet at home so it hasn't been easy to get news to you. But ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/312726342/from-mexico-city-to-calgary.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/from-mexico-city-to-calgary.html Here's the view from our (former) roof in Cuernavaca.  I liked our roof, and I also like this MagToo.com website that allows you to put together 360° panorama shots.  So, here's my first attempt from photos I took just before we moved.You'll be able to see some of the houses ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/310534995/the-view-from-our-former-roof.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/the-view-from-our-former-roof.html Hi everyone!Just wanted to stop by one last time to let you know what's going on before we lose our internet connection for a while.  Lord willing we'll be moving the furniture and the majority of our "stuff" to Mexico City tomorrow.  While I'm going there, Shari will be in ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/findingdirection/~3/307662119/on-the-brink.html http://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2008/on-the-brink.html