Hacienda, Henequén & Hipil
Hacienda, henequén and hipil: three Spanish words that begin with the letter H. For starters, the letter H is silent in Spanish and when speaking Spanish, unless there is an […]
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Carlos and the Taco
Carlos Slim is the richest person in Latin America and the 16th richest in the world according to Wikipedia. In Mexico City he built a modern building to house his […]
The City of Palaces
On a sunny warm Sunday afternoon we took a stroll around Alameda Central Park and stopped in at some palaces that were on the “must see” list. Mexico City is […]
Postcards From Puebla
Two volcanoes stand guard over the city of Puebla: the symmetrical cone of Popocatépetl rises to an elevation of 17,930 feet and Iztaccíhuatl, 10 miles north, with three summits, the […]
“Beauty in the Mundane”
The desire to travel new places can blind us to the beauty around us and the “Beauty in the Mundane.” No matter where you live there is beauty to behold […]
Exploring Beverly Cleary’s Portland
It started simply enough with a library book. But that little book led me down a rabbit hole on to an amazing journey – all of it in my own […]
Portland Day Trip to Mt. Angel
Business took us to Salem last week. Traffic took us home on an alternate route. We got off of I-5 and took a more scenic route home. In the past, […]
Do Laundry… or Go Naked in Greece
The very first Olympic Games were held at Olympia, Greece in 776 BC and held every four years until 393 AD, a period of 1169 years. The duration of the […]
A is for Athens
A is for Alpha, Attica, Athens, Acropolis, Agora, Archeology, and my aching feet. There are layers and layers of many millennia of history, legend, myth, culture, art, religion and war […]
Meet Me in Manhattan: Day 2
Day Two: We rode the Subway Uptown to Columbus Circle, walked through Central Park and down 5th Avenue, seeing Trump Tower, several churches, Rockefeller Center, and Times Square. That evening […]
Meet You In The Morning 