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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Walls Around Campeche
The City of San Francisco de Campeche is one of the least known and most overlooked colonial cities in Mexico. When I told the woman at the hotel pool with […]
Historic Mexico City
Mexico’s capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by indigenous people. The original city was founded on 13 March 1325 by the […]
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 […]
Pretty Puebla
If we didn’t know we were in Mexico we’d think we’d been magically transported to Portugal or Spain. That’s because Puebla was founded by the Spanish in 1531. Puebla’s layout […]
Postcards from Oaxaca
Postcards from Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico where a photo is worth 1000 words. We have found an area of Oaxaca de Juárez we like and as we explore street by […]
Visiting Mayan Villages
Indigenous people groups of Mayan descent make up about 50% of San Cristóbal de las Casas’ population of 197,583. Many are identifiable by their unique dress and do not like […]
Practically Perfect: San Cristobal de las Casas
We are loving the colorful colonial Pueblo Mágico called San Cristobal de las Casas (which I’ll call San Cris or SCDLC for short.) San Cris was founded by the Spaniards […]
The Mission Reach of San Antonio
Many people visit the Alamo and never know that there are four additional missions nearby. I read online that each one is uniquely different and decided I would like to […]
Remember The Alamo!
We have all heard the cry,“Remember the Alamo!” We know about Davy Crockett’s coon hat and the Bowie knife. Yet who among us knows what actually occurred – and why? […]
Meet You In The Morning 