Speaker: Carlos Garcia Calzada
Carlos Garcia Calzada has been a Rotarian for almost twelve years, serving the Rotary Clubs of Acapulco, Vallarta Centro, and Vallarta Sur before joining the Rotary eClub of the Southwest USA. Carlos keeps busy with his work as an architect, and as a lover of photography, astronomy, wine, and learning, all of which find expression in his presentation today on his hometown of Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico.
Bernal is a town that is full of fascinating history, and an important pilgrimage spot for many who find its features and orientation something more than simply beautiful. Enjoy this visit to this special place, and allow Carlos to provide a peek into the perspectives of some of these pilgrims, too!
This week comments: 103, this week visitors: 81
Super program!
This was an outstanding program and the photography was absolutely beautiful. What a wonderful experience we had during this presentation.
Pack your bags kids, we're headed to Bernal!
Great program, super meeting.
I love seeing fascinating places in our world, and this was one of them. Thanks, Carlos
What a great piece of historical information. Certainly Peña de Bernal is one of the beuties in Mexico we don´t want to miss. Thank you Carlos Garcia Calzada for sharing this teasure with us.
This is a wonderful article and I do hope someday to be able to visit this part of Mexico.
Thank you, Calos, for a most interesting introduction to Bernal! It's beautiful, and your photos are a great addition!
Enjoyed the information on the COL and the interesting program on Bernal
I have never heard of this place before. Interesting and informative presentation.
Another very intersting program. Thank you!
As always very interesting!
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Fascinating stuff, and wonderfully cool to have our Monterrey contingent sharing their stories!
I am very excited as everyone is...It was a good decision we finally part of RI permanent club structure
Te felicito Carlos, excelente exopicion, la narrativa y las fotografias no podian ser mejores.
Congratulations Carlos, an excellent exposition, the narrative and the photos could not be better.
That area of Mexico is indeed gorgeous. I've visited Queretaro and would love to return. Thank you for such an insight into the culture!
Bernal history is fascinating.
Very interesting
An interesting program. I assume that the presenter is a member of this e-club. The New Age angle was also interesting.
Interesting story.
We are very happy for this great news congratulations to all who did this.
Carlos good story and wonderful photos of your place of birth.
VERY INTERESTING!! :)
Just a super program
Very Interesting Program
Very Interesting Program
The program was interesting. But, I especially was interested in reading the update on the Polio efforts of the WHO, Gates Foundation and Rotary. Thank you for including this important update. Elizabeth Niemi
Great program, Carlos. Thank you also for the links at the end. What a rich history you have; it is wonderful the way the Otemi Chichimeca people have maintained their traditions.
Wonderful insight into a beautiful if not enchanting destination.
Thank you. This was fascintating!
This was my first experience visiting an eclub. I enjoyed learning about Bernal. Gretchen Gabbert
Could not open the pdf file for this week's meeting.
Looked like a good subject
Interesting program. Sounds like a fascinating town!
I found the information very interesting and filled with ideas that we hopefully willl be able to use this coming year. I will be on the Board of Directors of the Laredo Rotary Club. Thank you very much for making this excellent service available.
Definitely cool. Great for shut-ins or folks on travel. Keep up the good work!
Faxinating story of the history of one of the resgions to the sough.
Enjoyed the program,it's great to makeup on the internet.
This was such a great program. Well presented and made me want to know more. :0)
Thanks for the opportunity to visit. This has been my first eclub meeting. Really enjoyed the speaker and learning about Bernal.
Good program.
Facisinating story about the Bernal and and the customs associated with it. You can understand why the Mexicans have such deep religous faith based on their culture. Thank you for sharing this with this e-presentation. Ken Dunn - Orange, CA Rotary new member.
This meeting was very good. I really enjoyed the video that was available at the end of Carlos's program.
I think the idea of a Rotary e-club is fantastic!
So many different walks in life, Rotarians lead, yet a common purpose in all they do.
Bernal sounds like a wonderful place filled with so much history. It was very interesting as well as enlightening to learn about Bernal.
Very intersesting presentation on the authors home city of Bernal. I find it fascinating that the drawing on Pena symbolize men as similar to apes but women as present day humans.
This was very interesting - it's always fun to read about other cultures
Great meeting! What an active club. I would like to visit the club personally!!!
Interesting history.
I love the e club song.
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Very interesting, especially the verious phenomina(?)
This was my first make-up meeting online; it was great to see what your club is up to. Thanks for making this possible for me.
Thanks for the link to wall street journal article. Fascinating. I had no idea such a huge shift in the efforts to eradicate polio was going on right now.
The program was interesting too! Beautiful photographs!
Carmen
I haven't been to Mexico but will sure be included in my itinerary.
Congratulations to all the eclubs!
This is a neat concept for sharing and expanding communication throughout Rotary worldwide. It would help if this activity were easier to find and use on the RI wepsite Home page.
Henry
This is definitely a wonderful place I would like to visit. Having spent time in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, I have had an opportunity to see some of the local dancers and traditions. This program made me want to go back once again. (As an aside, the photo of the feathered serpent reminded me that is how they once referred to Past District Governors at a Rotary District Conference in Puebla. Not very flattering, eh? In Pakistan we were referred to as Sacred Cows!)
Where in Mexico is this? Near one of the coasts? (I am geographically challenged.) Thanks, R!
5-5-2010Thank you for the wonderful story of Bernal! It covered all the fascinating elements of this town that seems almost untouched by time. What a treat to enjoy on Cinco de Mayo!Gracias, mi amigo!Brooks C. Sackett
Mexico has such beauty. We need to work to make the US Mexicican border as beautiful..
Great program.
Your club sounds extremely active. I will take some of your ideas to our group. Great job!
Excellent program.
I hoghly doubt this weeks song would make it in my normal "Hotel Ballroom" Rotary meeting...
very interesting....
WALK IN THE DESERT - NOT ONLY VERY INFORMATIVE BUT WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES - THANKS !!
Very timely in that I'm vacationing in Mexico next week. Too bad I'll not be near Bernal because the sites and history are facinating, but the program did get me in the mood for Mexico!
Hope to one day enjoy President Larry's Bass Steel Band Music. Maybe he should send a short music clip with him beating the 55 gallon bass drum. "What are doing?" is a great idea. Keep it up.
I enjoyed learning about Bernal. A part of Mexico that I have not visited.
Thanks for sharing about a part of the world I'm not familiar with. In addition to its beauty it has a unique and interesting history.
This is my first visit to the makeup portion of the website. It is interesting and inspiring to get a fresh look at other clubs and learn new ideas. It will hopefully help individual Rotarians learn more about all Rotary International has to offer.
What a beautiful piece of paradise andwhere is the best place to fly into to go to this location? T. Murphy
1. Congrats to w-clubs becoming a permanent part of Rotary,
2. Another informative and interesting program.
Speaker Calzada introduces us to Bernal, "Town of Mystery", established in Mexico in 1647. It's primary inhabitants at inception were the Otomies-Chichimecas, whose descendants still reside there today. Bernal's population size of 4,000 has remained consistent throughout it's history. Bernal's "most striking piece of the landscape" is La Pena de Bernal, the third largest natural monolith in the world and the second largest in mass (with Ayer's Rock in Australia being first). This special place attracts many visitors, both for climbing, reflection and even worship. A small church rests about halfway up the elevation. In fact, Bernal is surrounded by sacred hills. A harsh landscape, the terrain and climate have spiritually inspired it's inhabitants and imbued them with a deep reverence for their surroundings. Excellent program!
Beautiful city!
The program was excellent. I have visited Queretaro, Mexico on many occasions and can vouch for the speaker that it is indeed a beautiful region of Mexico.
A beautiful and spiritfilled place in the world. I would love to visit there some time in the future.
I enjoyed today's program! Very interesting article on Polio--what a horrible disease. Thanks to Rotary International for its dedication to eradicate Polio.
enjoyed the content of the meeting
As usual, this was a great program. I'm glad the e-meetings will continue.
Carlos: What an Eye You Have! Magnifico mi amigo. More at www.calzadaphotos.com
The history of the new avenue of service is now at http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/history/headings/avenues/newgenerations.htm
An RGHF member started this at the district level and another RGHF was the proposer at the COL. A real moment in Rotary's Global History.
Hooray for eClubs. (Next COL, let's get RI to amend this and remove E----Clubs.)
What a beautiful and mysterious place! Thank you Carlos García Calzada for bringing this interesting town to our attention and allowing us to enjoy the visit. My daughter has been to San Juan Del Río, and she loved it.
