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	<title>Viva Veracruz</title>
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		<title>Getting Hosed Down Mexico Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are  heading south of the border you probably have sun screen in your bag and plan on both contending with and enjoying some rays. Well maybe. Of late we have had a lot of drenched daylight. But, Mexico surely is about sun, and we try and make the most of it. Viva Veracruz [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=2135</link>
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		<title>Current Grocery Costs in Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are often asked about how much stuff we are able to caring on our 150 cc scooter; while also carrying the two of us.  Generally the answer is an average load of groceries. We thought a photo might help. Today we had a pretty full load; a good time to take a photo of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=2128</link>
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		<title>War on Milk!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine belonging to an organic food club. You are there to pick-up your order of honey and some coconuts. Suddenly four uniformed men enter with guns; each weapon steadied with both hands pointed directly at you. They are there for some milk. We will be posting some post celebrations photos over the next few days [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=2123</link>
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		<title>XIQUENADA La Pamplonada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Celebration is winding down. The weather did not cooperate during the entire event. Yesterday it rained all day putting a damper on the biggest day which included the annual Bull Run on Hildalgo Street as well as Bull fights in the ring later in the afternoon. The band Mariachi International of Guadalajara performed Wednesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=2108</link>
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		<title>People Watching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been documented the Xico Festival in honor of the town’s patron saint Maria Magdalena.  If you have been following along you have read: Here, here, here and here. Nearly 1000 photos have been shot to bring you just a few from the event.  Not everyone sees the same thing in a photograph. Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1955</link>
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		<title>Levantamiento del Arco en Xico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For twenty days or so the men of Xico, Veracruz have been working towards the goal of strategically levitating a massive Arco of flowers mounted on thick long poles to be applied to the front the grand church of Santa Maria Magdalena at the top of Hildalgo Street. In early July some of the townsmen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1945</link>
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		<title>The Alfombra Paint by Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dateline: Monday night. Around 5 AM Monday morning the alfombra was started on Calle Hildalgo, Xico&#8217;s main street heading west into town. The Alfombras or dyed sawdust carpets can be traced back to the Mayans. They made these carpets with flowers for the kings to walk on in Mayan ceremonies. In the 16th Century, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1939</link>
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		<title>The Fiesta Continues! We Meet New Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We went to our favorite haunt the Acamalin Restaurant on Sunday afternoon. The town of Xico was/is full of visitors here to join in on the ongoing Fiestas Patronales de en Honor a Santa Maria Magdalena; Xico&#8217;s Patron Saint Celebration. Bull fights were going on up at the southwest corner of town at the Plaza [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1933</link>
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		<title>Santa Maria Magdalena</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is official. At about 2 PM local time El Presidente of Xico Municipal Rogelio Soto Suárez and other dignitaries cut the ribbon to start things off. The Calypsos arrived to witness the Enmolada Event. A celebration official told us that Xico has more than 120 mole vendors. El Presidente Rogelio Soto Suárez in purple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1924</link>
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		<title>Cataclysmic  Celebration  Latin Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dateline:  Friday, July 16th – today is the Fiestas de la Virgen Carmen. This is a very local celebration happening at the west end of Xico. The local capilla (church) is named for Saint Carmen. The celebration has been pretty much non-stop since last weekend. Tomorrow is the first day of the next fiestas for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1913</link>
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