Grupo Kings Suites - Bosque de Pinos No 72
Travel Blogs from Mexico City
A word about food!
So now that life seems to have settled down into a kind of routine there is not too much new to tell you about. So instead I have been thinking about food! Some things remain the same; however, there is such a lot that is so different. I was surprised to discover the enormous US style supermarket, Mega, right across the road from the campus. It means I have access to pretty much any of the usual foods I eat at home….if I want. ...
29. Everything works out in the end
... and they’d get it all straightened out. After hanging up, I felt fine. Depending on what happened, I could tell the credit card company not to accept the duplicate charges, or get a credit back from the tour company. I knew everything would work out in the end. When I stepped into the heat of the day, my ride was there, waiting for me.
Time to go home.
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The first of many pyramid sites
... men became gods) this will be a nice change from the manic city.
First stop will be the Shrine of Guadalupe which is Mexico holiest shrine, it’s believed that here in December 1531 an Aztec named Juan Diego was approched by the Virgin Mary while out walking. This happened 3 times and each time she implored him to convince the local Bishop to build a church on the site but he didn’t believe Diego until he returned with a divine impression of ...
Shaken But Not Stirred
... The event hit the news channels very quickly; clearly it was fairly significant. Had it lasted longer than it did I think I would have ******* myself; so maybe the elation was more from a sense of surviving a potentially nasty event rather than a bravadic buzz. Who knows?
It did occur to me later on that the locals may have experienced far worse and therefore leaving nothing to chance. Either way it does leave you feeling slightly vulnerable ...
Mexico City: it makes Saigon seem peaceful
... whale to be truthful but there you go.
On Friday night we ate in an amazing restaurant in a centuries old house, the outside of which was totally covered in blue and white tiles, and the inside of which was a visual feast of carved stone, fountains and polished wood. The tables had twee little teacups and saucers on them which were swiftly removed to make room for our "micheladas" a uniquely ...