We have reached point where we are panicking that we will miss something, mostly either some food or a cultural site. We started the weekend off on Friday night by re-visiting La Casa De Toño, a fast food place. We had tentative plans to see our friends, Stephanie, Teresa & Vanessa (henceforth to be referred …
Tag: Mexico City
Our first visitor in Mexico City
Last week my daughter Abi came to stay for a few days. She spent the prior weekend in Mexico City for work and visiting with some friends. Once all the fun had ended, she came over to our place and stayed with us. She lives in London, so we don’t get to see her that …
Ciao Santiago, Hola CDMX
Plus: A Visit to the Dentist in STGO and From Summer to Winter in 8 Hours While we never say we regret being in a place (mostly because we don't), we were ready to leave Santiago. We've also mentioned why: It's a little rundown and a little too quiet for us, although the people are …
Planning time
I have a new spreadsheet, I am so excited! We are now planning our next trip; seven months in South and Central America. We will be leaving in early October and expect to be back in early May. Our plan is to stay for six plus weeks in each place as that seems to give …
Frida Kahlo is everywhere
Our first major encounter with Frida Kahlo was, oddly, in Istanbul. What is the artist and feminist's connection to Istanbul? We tried to find out, and guess what? She doesn't have one! But posters, T-shirts (including one with her wearing a Daft Punk T-shirt of her own), phone cases, you name it, her image was …
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 …
Doing It On The Road 