A Retired Teacher in Mexico City
Friday, May 4, 2018
Archaeology at the Transport Hub
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On Thursday I took the subway to go to the colonial heart of Mexico City. I got off at the busy Pino Suárez station. When construction of ...
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Culture at the Transport Hub
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On my previous trip I wrote about the "Glorieta de Insurgentes", the circular, below-street-level plaza which is a busy hub with s...
Holiday Breakfast
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Alejandro didn't have to work on Tuesday (May Day is a national holiday), so we went out for a late breakfast at "El Bajío", a...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Chocolate!
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Monday I made a quick trip downtown to the Mayordomo Chocolate shop / restaurant. Mayordomo is a chocolate company in Oaxaca, and they are ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Everybody into the Pool!
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Last weekend, I was invited to join Alejandro, his sister Sandra, his seven-year old nephew Ezra, and a little cousin of Ezra's on a fam...
Monday, April 30, 2018
Days of Celebration
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Today is "Día del Niño"... Children's Day... in Mexico. It has been observed every year on April 30th since 1924 when a procl...
My Words Come Back to Bite Me
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Whenever I take friends or relatives to Mexico I tell them to ignore sensationalistic news reports about how dangerous Mexico is. The great...
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