Cultivating curiosity and wellbeing in Mexico
Santa Maria de Montserrat Monastery lies about 48 kilometers (30 miles) outside of Barcelona, Spain, and is accessible by train or by road. Trains from Barcelona to Montserrat leave from both the Plaça de Espanya and the Plaça de Catalunya stations. The train ride from Barcelona takes approximately one and Continue Reading →
Spain means paella and Spain means tapas, with a lot of seafood, cheese, and meat products mixed in. Eating vegan in Barcelona was a hard nut to crack Continue Reading →
We’re just back from some wonderful travels. Our original destination this year was Barcelona, Spain. We’d been there before, and I had actually worked there during the 1992 Olympics, but we were more than willing to go back and spend some more leisurely time than what we’d experienced in the Continue Reading →
I don’t know how well cute describes an archaeological site, but that’s the closest term I can find for the neat and compact ruins that are found just outside the town of Tingambato between Uruapan and Patzcuaro, Michoacan. Besides the archaeological site of Xihuacan (also called La Soledad de Maciel Continue Reading →
We’re privileged in this area of Zihuatanejo to be within an easy day’s drive of the southern extreme of the North American monarch butterfly migration phenomenon that this video features. If you’re here in Zihuatanejo and have the time and inclination for a side trip into the mountains, it is Continue Reading →
Mexico: A Brief Overview of its Cultural Heritage, Geography, and Climate Ancient, crumbling pyramids and ceremonial centers. Vividly-colored, handwoven rugs and textiles. Imaginatively fashioned arts and crafts. Craggy and parched cactus-studded deserts. Sun-washed, sandy beaches lining warm and ever-changing waters. Sparkling eyes flashing in golden-brown, smiling faces … this is Continue Reading →
We recently returned from an approximate one-month road trip; therefore the long silence since my last post. Our trip took us from our home in Mexico up to Texas, something we usually do once a year at about this time. This year we also took a side trip and hopped Continue Reading →