Friday morning at 11:30 we left our AirBnB in Guadalajara for the 30-minute ride to the airport. It is the end of another leg of our foolishness. We are usually pretty careful about the weight of our luggage, but the prices got the better of us and bought a couple of bottles of tequila and …
CDMX, parte dos
Steven gave you the roundup of all that we did in our short jaunt to Mexico City, but I want to do a deeper dive. First, the Museo Nacional de Antropología cannot be seen in a day, especially if you are an American who grew up in a time when Latin American history just did …
Mexico City
Four days and just a little sleep This has been a busy four-day weekend for us and I thought I would give you a quick idea of what our schedule was like. Sue will fill in more details in the next blog, but for now I just figured you might like to see a timeline …
Super Bowl — GDL Style
Yes, we're wandering, but we're still Americans, so Sunday was Super Bowl. We didn't really have any skin in the game, but we live on a street full of places to get cheap beer and watch sports soooo. Sunday evening we marched all the way around the corner to Veintiuno, which, if you have any …
Our last weekend in Guadalajara
It seems crazy, but this is our last weekend in Guadalajara. Next weekend we are in Mexico City and then we head back to the U.S. on the following Thursday. The time here has just flown by. I took Friday afternoon off and met Sue in El Centro after her last day of school. I …
Un Puente
I didn't have school Monday. The kid in me was thinking, "Yay! Three-day weekend!!" (or what is called un puente in Mexico), but the cheapy in me was thinking, "Hey! I paid for a whole week of classes!" As it turned out, we just didn't have our field trip this week, so I am getting …
OMG! We have a social life
On Saturday morning we grabbed breakfast across the street at Pata de Elefante. They have wonderful breakfasts, and Sue and I indulged. They had a two piece band (guitar and saxophone) playing in the corner and it enjoyed a quiet morning. Afterwards, we headed to Zapopan which is a city that abuts Guadalajara, and it …
Lucha Libre!
As if our weekend weren't busy enough, our new and dear friends, Teresa and Stefanie, invited us to Lucha Libre on Tuesday night. They had two other friends coming into town and another IMAC student joined us, too. We met at Birria Las 9 Esquinas, which to no one's surprise, specializes in birria (which is …
Another beautiful weekend
We were very busy this weekend, and what stands out to me is that we weren’t really doing tourist stuff, we were just enjoying a city where we are temporary residents. The required photo of the Instagram sign in the park Friday night Sue made arrangements to meet a friend from school – Teresa – …
Field Trip to Tonalá
Announcement: yes we have power! It was on when we returned from our "vacation from our vacation," as our Tequila tour guide put it. OK, now onto our regularly scheduled program. The best days at school are the days you don't go to class! Every Wednesday is field trip day at IMAC (my Spanish school). …
Doing It On The Road 