MMcC wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:34:30 GMT, "Raoul Duke"
> wrote:
>>IMHO, Monterrey is a large, industrial city that has experienced tremendous
>>growth since NAFTA. Monterrey looks more like the U.S. than any other city
>>in Mexico: convenience stores, lots of cars, malls, Wal Marts, etc. It's so
>>close to Texas that many Americans visit there on weekends. I didn't really
>>find much charm to it at all. The surrounding mountains were pretty nice,
>>though.
>>My $.02,
> I would 2nd that opinion. It looks like a bad version of Dallas or
> Houston to me. I've never found it a very charming place either. It is
> prosperous and it's citizens seem to be proud of that, and they should
> be, but from a tourist point of view it's not that attractive. There
> is an old part of town that has some colonial stuff, but it's very
> small and besides the Catherdral, not very interesting.
> As Raoul says, the setting of the city is nice, surrounded by
> mountains. Unfortunately the smog and pollution means you don't always
> get to see them. It also gets quite hot there in the summer, the
> weather would be similar to that in many Texas cities, hot and humid.
> It does have great cabrito though!! Oh, and Saltillo is only 60 miles
> away up the mountain, which is a big plus, esp in the summer as it's
> cooler up there.
>>>I'm looking into teaching at a school in Monterrey, Mexico. Any info
>>about
>>>this city would be appreciated.
Top posting aside, I taught there for a semester. It is a city of
minor charms, but majorly wonderful restaurants. Saltillo is a
delightful city. The regios (locals) are very nice by and large.
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