{"id":43,"date":"2006-12-10T20:58:46","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T00:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kralidis.ca\/blog\/2006\/12\/10\/hola-from-tijuana\/"},"modified":"2006-12-20T23:17:33","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T03:17:33","slug":"hola-from-tijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kralidis.ca\/blog\/2006\/12\/10\/hola-from-tijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Hola from Tijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Picture<\/a>So I spent the day in Tijuana (the world’s most visited border city). Pretty easy to get there (drove I-15 South to I-805 South). Got off at the last US exit at the San Ysidro<\/a> border and trekked across by foot. Seems like quite the border town with lots to do and see (did you know that Caesar salad<\/a> was invented in Tijuana?).<\/p>\n

There was some sort of biker parade today mixed in with a Christmas giveaway along Avenida Revoluci\u00f3n<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m always fascinated by border cities and areas (hey, it’s the urban \/ social geography background in me), in terms of seeing a hybrid of socio-economic and cultural influences, and how things gradually change over distance.<\/p>\n

It’s just beautiful in these parts. Maybe it’s the Mediterranean climate<\/a> which is appealing to me most. And I still haven’t ventured into San Diego proper yet. Hopefully I’ll have some time later this week.<\/p>\n

Anyways, it’s back to work for me now in preparation for this week’s meetings. The Context RWG<\/a> runs tomorrow afternoon, so I’m just finishing up some last minute changes to my presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n