Not far away from the bustle of Mexico City you will find a charismatic neighborhood called San Angel (pronounced San -Ankal) there’s something about the G in spanish I don’t yet understand.
Think Paprika… Think Curry… Think Cayenne… Think Chilli… Think Tumeric… San Miguel de Allende is almost as colourful as my spice A quick bus trip 60 miles through the hilly Mexican highlands lands us in the charming city of San Miguel de Allende.
At the foot of the legendary Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes is the majestic, peaceful city of Puebla. One of the things that drew us to Puebla was to see the active volcano of Popocatépetl – but that’s another story for another day.
It’s too dangerous… You’ll get robbed… You’ll get kidnapped… You’ll die… Someone told us it’s ugly, dirty and we would hate it. It appears a few of these perceptions might be a little outdated! Lucky for us we don’t believe everything we are told. As we chatted to more people we heard about…really interesting, Read More
So what is it about Housesitting that we love? We get doggie time… and a load of other benefits of living in a house away from home…housesitting for Rosie and Lucas in Ajijic was a load of fun.
We love our simple, economical lifestyle in Mexico and today we celebrate 50 days on the road as nomads. We are supposed to be in Guatemala learning Spanish…but Mexico got us hook line and sinker. No wait – back up – we aren’t supposed to be anywhere. We can be where we like –, Read More
We just had to visit the world-famous Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato (Guanajuato Mummies Museum). We’ve always liked to explore life and death…eerie as it may seem to some. Here at the Musee de Mommies and the adjacent cemetery we glimpse how the people of Guanajuato celebrate and normalize death. It is rooted in the Mexican culture, Read More
I’ve often make the comment not another ‘ABC’ ! Affectionately known as (another bloody cathedral)… we can’t seem help ourselves going into every one …is that the fear of missing out on something? In Guanajuato these fine baroque and neoclassical buildings, churches and temples are the result of the prosperity of the silver mining in, Read More
You may get horribly lost in the streets of Guanajuato, but … so what! This is the most fascinating place in the world to be lost – and I highly recommend walking until you are lost. We’re definitely lost – completely lost deep in the magic of discovery…
Curiosity was killing us on our first day here.. it was raining heavily and so we worked until the sun came out…..and then.. Good lord where do I start – for now I’m only giving you a sneaky peek at the enchanting city of Guanajuato – I’m having trouble finding time to write, words, Read More
Location Location Location – what more can I say – I know that phrase so well. It couldn’t be better. Our place is 5 minutes walk to the central square where families gather for fun, singing, dancing and daily rituals of Mexican living. I really wanted to stay in Guadalajara Centro District but struggled to, Read More
Hit the Love button – this place is outstanding…we’re living in the mellow suburb of Tlaquepaque (pronounced Cluka Paaki) within the city of Guadalajara – (pronounced Guah-dah-lah-hah-rah) go on try to say it. Once you get your english tongue around these spanish letters the name and sounds conjure a special sort of place and, Read More