A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

In Mexico, the traditional day for giving gifts is not Christmas, but "Día de Reyes" (Day of the Kings or Epiphany) on January 6th...

  I am writing this from Alejandro's house, so that should tell you that things have gone well. However everything did not go according ...

Winter is the dry season in Mexico, however we have had rain a couple of time during the night since I arrived.  Of course at the elevations...

There are a couple of little shops that I stumbled upon during my many trips to Mexico City, and I return to them to buy souvenirs to take h...

It will be two weeks tomorrow that I arrived in Mexico, and just before my arrival Alejandro came down with COVID.  I had brought a home-tes...

  Many of the avenues of Mexico City have what are called "camellones", tree-lined, pedestrian walkways in the middle of the thoro...

Here are some random photos I took last week while wandering around downtown Mexico City... One of the city's most famous landmarks is t...