Last weekend I went to Teotihuacan, the ancient city near which Mexico City was founded. Now, our tour guide was at great pains to disabuse us of the common misconception that Teotihuacan was created by Aztecs. Construction began around 300 BC, and the Aztecs didn’t roll up into this part of Mexico until ~1250 AD. […]
It’s time to get some stuff off my chest! -Why, WHY do merchants in Mexico put up such a fight when I don’t have small change to pay for something?! It’s not as if the local 7-11 doesn’t have change for a 100 peso note (~$8)! It irritates the h3ll out of me when cashiers […]
Buenos dias mis amigos. Today I have some photos from my day trip to Puebla. Puebla is pretty much everything I love about Mexico in one city. Colonial buildings – this one is a bit continental because of French occupation. We can thank the city of Puebla for Cinco de Mayo. History, everywhere – This […]
Buenos días! The first time I came to Mexico City more than 10 years ago, I got altitude sickness. Mexico City is ~7300 feet, or ~2240 meters. For a valley girl like me, that’s a huge adjustment. Dehydration exacerbates altitude sickness, and I did not want to go through that again (especially since I had […]
I recently took a day trip to Cholula, Mexico. Cholula is a couple of hours outside Mexico City and said to have 365 churches, the most prominent one being Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. From the road, it looks like it’s a church on top of hill. I took this picture from the car. But […]
