Road Trip: Pinos and the Privada
Today’s road trip agenda: a visit to Pinos and arrival in Zacatecas, where I am spending the next five nights.
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Lagos de Moreno and the Mesa That Wasn’t
The first stop on my first Mexican road trip was Lagos de Moreno. I arrived yesterday (Sunday) around 1:00, and my Airbnb wasn’t ready yet, so I went for a walk until I could get in. By about 1:30 I was able to check in, and after unloading the car, I set out to explore…
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My Pueblos Mágicos Road Trip: Stops and Stays
I’m looking forward to my upcoming road trip, and I’m trying to learn a little about the places I’m going, my stops and stays, before I leave. I’m happy to share some of my research with my friends and family and whoever else reads my blog. If you don’t want all the details, here’s a TL;DR…
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Pueblos Mágicos: A road trip
Mexico has 132 Pueblos Mágicos. I haven’t traveled since February 2020. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic that makes international travel complicated. I love a good road trip. I’m fully vaccinated against Covid-19. May is the hottest month of the year at Lake Chapala. So guess what that means: I’m going to take a…
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A quick getaway to escape the heat
I am in Mazamitla now. The north shore of Lake Chapala, where I live, is said to have some of the best weather in the world. The sun shines pretty much every day, year-round. Temperatures are warm, mostly not too hot or too cold. And even during the rainy season, from June until September or…
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A varied picture
Friday, 9:00 am I have some catching up to do. Sorry I haven’t had a chance to blog since Wednesday morning, but we’ve been on the go a lot and it’s been exhausting. Today is our last day in Havana, and it’s a free day. Unfortunately, the weather has turned. It’s rainy and blustery. My plan…
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Am I drunk, or do they have chandeliers on their heads?
Wednesday, 9:00 am The answer to this question, posed last night by my friend Cathy, is below. But before I write about the really important stuff, here’s a rundown of yesterday’s sightseeing. Market Our first stop yesterday morning was at a market where residents shopped for meat and produce. While prices were low by US standards, Felix…
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Intro to Havana
Tuesday, 8:00 am Tour Yesterday part-bus and part-walking tour made for an excellent first day in Havana. Our guide, Felix, is a fount of information. So much information, in fact, that, interesting as it was, sometimes I just had to tune it out and enjoy what I was seeing.
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Excited and Enchanted…
Monday, 8:00 am I started out planning this trip to Cuba feeling excited. It always seemed like one of those forbidden, exotic places I’d never get to visit. So when I learned about this tour, I jumped on the opportunity. And I’ve rarely experienced the kind of thrilled anticipation about a trip as I felt about…
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My Cuba Itinerary
Just a week from tomorrow I’ll be on my way to Cuba! On my first trip to Europe in 1989 I went to Hungary, which was still behind the Iron Curtain. This trip feels like that.
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Michoacán and Monarcas
I’m enjoying the discovery of all the natural and human-made beauty that Mexico reveals. Earlier this week I took a three-day trip to the state of Michoacán to do just that. I signed up for this tour last fall, and there were ten of us, plus the drivers/guides, in a van and a Jeep.
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Pretty Cities, Plus History
If I had to pick my two favorite things to discover when I travel, it would be beauty and history. Though I’d give the edge to natural beauty over urban beauty, I’m happy to have ended this trip in some of the pretty urban landscapes I’ve seen anywhere: Torun and Gdansk. (Properly I’d write Toruń…
