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Spanish Lessons in Mexico

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Resort towns are nothing new to Mexico. Back when Cortes and his gang arrived, they learned how the Aztecs escaped Mexico City's winter chill by spending the colder months in a town about 40 miles south, over the mountains. The name was a tongue-twister (Cuauhnahuac in Nahauatl). To Spanish ears, it sounded something like Cow's Horn, or Cuerno de Vaca. And that's how Cuernavaca got it's name.

Emperor Maximillian and his Carlota spent many a weekend in the town and might have built their Versailles here if they had had the time.

Today Cuernavaca is a weekend retreat for Mexico City businessmen, a hangout for actors "between engagements," and home for a growing colony of retired Americans. Recently the population passed the one million mark and the airport was opened on the Taxco highway, capable of handling large jets. This is intended as a "back-up" for times when the increasingly busy Mexico City airport may be closed or too congested.

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