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My teenage daughter(16) is going to Cuernavaca for several weeks to study spanish. Do you think she will have fun?I am very worried about her because she is not very outgoing. Do you think this experience will help get her out of her shell a little? Tell me anything about Cuernavaca that you know! Also, what kind of clothes should she pack..and what kind of clothes should she wear? Mostly she wears tank tops and jeans or sweat pants when shes here in the states.

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Cuernavaca is beautiful! I lived there for a month last summer. It is a fairly safe city. Normal summer clothing should be just fine. She should also bring a light spring-ish jacket. It stays around 70 degrees in Cuernavaca all the time. There is a lot to do there! She'll have an amazing time!

P.S. If she is going to a school (i.e. Universidad Internacional), she will have a wonderful experience becoming more outgoing. Language schools like that, and the families that the kids stay with, do a very good job of bringing shy type kids out of their shells!

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umm is that really neccesary to learn spanish?send your daughter to mexico now dont get me rong i dont think she shouldnt be outgoin by all means go ahead but to mexico to learn spanish? last time i checkd highschool taught spanish and two weeks wont even get her started try learning spanish from a native spanish speaking person they talk extremely fast spanish and its to hard to understand she needs to learn from someone who had to learn spanish thereselvs

not to mention mexico is basicly a third world country they eat grasshoppers :\
I think it will be a very interesting and educational experience for her. I had a friend who went to Cuernavaca to learn Spanish, she stayed with a family and she really liked it. I think the best way to learn a language is to go to the Country where that language is spoken, if she is surrounded by that language it will be easier for her to pick it up. Mexican people are very friendly and hospitable so she should make friends easy. Cuernavaca is known as the city of "Eternal Spring", meaning the weather is always nice. I wish her the best, she should be well.
The answer by thomas j is the classic paranoid answer of an ignorant person who has never travel in his life.
Well don't worry, she'll be fine in the school she will be able (or required) to get to know some people, english class students perhaps so she doesn't have to be that outgoing to meet someone. Yeah in that kind of trips fun it's a sure thing maybe her trip mates will organize something and so does the school, she should be fine about that. she should pack those jeans and top tanks, maybe some skirts or shorts beacuse during the day it could be over 90 掳F, and some sweaters not to much just a few, and it'll be raining, so also pack something for the mosquitos as a tropical place mosquitos during rain season are common. Good Luck with that trip. If you (or her =P)have any common question or something shoot me a message i'm from Mexico and hopefully i can help. bye
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A good idea. I haven't been to Cuernvaca for many years but as I remember it was very beautiful and the people were nice and outgoing. You might want to get her some tank tops that are more modest, it would be better for her on the street and for international relations. Our young girls' reputation on the world stage isn't very good. This trip for her will be a great experience in her young life, Mexico is a highly civilized country with a well developed culture over hundreds of years.Bien viaje.