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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]