Living and learning Spanish in Veracruz, Mexico.
There are many different places you can visit and in each one you have the opportunity to speak Spanish. You can go to the Boulevard and walk around it and at the same time enjoy the sea. There are some markets where you can see or buy handcrafts made by native people. In the afternoon you can go to drink coffee at La Parroquia with your friends. On weekends you can go to the beach. Veracruz is a nice city with friendly people, its food is delicious and you can enjoy marine food.
Veracruz is Mexico's oldest port in the Gulf of Mexico, place for the first Spanish expedition guided by Hernán Cortés in 1519. Veracruz became Mexico's first European colony which was named Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz.
If you come to Veracruz, you will see many tourists, and they can enjoy its colonial buildings, cafes, excellent sea food and the malecón. Veracruz is famous for its coffee. You can drink the "lechero" (made by steaming hot milk poured into a several spoons of strong coffee).
You can enjoy the city while you learn Spanish!!
