Tucson
28. Mai 2023 in den USA
On the way to the airport...
Airport
28. Mai 2023 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
Waiting...
Mexico City
28. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Frustration!
28. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Brittany's flight is still on the tarmac in Dallas. Delayed 3 hours so far!! Grrrr! Our poor driver in Mexico. Waiting and waiting.
KFC
28. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
On the bright side, the chicken at the airport KFC is really good!
Still waiting in the airport.
28. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
I took this photo in the customs area, and they told me photos are not allowed.
ReisenderCustoms was very high tech, with a machine to read the passports; and a cool facial recognition computer. They put you in a glass box for your photo, with automatic sliding doors on each side.
¡Nuestra casa de alquiler!
29. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
Our Airbnb in Puebla.
This was our original booking, a 300 year-old mansion conveniently close to the Spanish language school that Karen, Brittany, and Justin are attending, but the owner convinced us to go try his other place closer to the historical center of town. What a mistake that was! [Richard]
My class at Livit Immersion School
30. Mai 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
There are 6 students at the school. They serve us homemade lunch every day that is delicious!
ReisenderI delivered a cake here to celebrate Brittany's birthday and the school graciously invited me to join them for lunch (carrot soup and pipian verde mole on chicken enchiladas that day).
Atlixco, Puebla
1. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Fun with murals in a pueblo magico!
Panadería Dulce Delicia
3. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Ran out in the rain to visit this lovely bakery!
Cholula, pueblo magico
3. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
We visited a church on top of a hill, built on top of a pyramid. The church is called El Sanctuario de la Virgen de los Remedios.
ReisenderThere is basically no pyramid to be seen at the "Cholula Pyramid." It's mostly underground.
ReisenderThe hill IS the pyramid... Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "made-by-hand mountain", a.k.a. the Great Pyramid of Cholula), said to be the largest one (by volume) in the whole world.
ReisenderThe woman with the blue backpack is a fellow student named Madison. She is from Colorado.
Our Airbnb
3. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Nuestro nuevo alojamiento tiene muchas, muchas antigüedades. ¡Este es de 1626!
ReisenderThis is the other property with same owner as our original booking. We have the whole place to ourselves. It is quite large with 8 accommodations, and even has a bar/restaurant (that are both closed for several years now due to COVID). First room we picked to stay in has one of the smallest bathrooms we've ever been in (you even have to stoop to get through the door). The room Brittany and Justin first picked had a dead air-conditioner, so they had to move to another room. Turned out that room had a non-functioning toilet, so they moved to a third room!
ReisenderThis place has a large courtyard (as did the first place), but sometime in the past they added a huge weather-tight plexiglass canopy to cover it and so now it's like Biosphere II -- a giant hot-house where the plants (and us humans) struggle to survive... most likely the reason they had to add air-conditioners in all the accommodations!
Day of the Dead - with hummingbirds!
3. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Mesona de Sacristia de la Compania
4. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Our Airbnb has six bedrooms and six bathrooms, none of them totally functional. So...we are using different rooms for showers, bathrooms, beds, etc. Just like Goldilocks 🤣🤪
ReisenderActually eight, but one is currently occupied by Carlos (host/caretaker) and another is being remodeled. The whole place is filled with antiquities.
ReisenderEnd of next week "Euphe" (Euphemia), the charming woman who has been cooking our breakfasts every morning will be opening up the big kitchen in order to teach Karen, Brittany, and Madison (one of the Spanish language students we've invited) how to make some mole dishes, and she has graciously invited Justin and I to eat the results (pray for us!).
More messes at Mesona!
4. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
After trying the showers in rooms 6 and 8, I finally found a working shower in room #5. Yay!
Shower saga, continued
4. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
The only problem with shower room #5 is that the toilet has no water. Richard is here flushing it with a bucket of water!🤣🤪
ReisenderPat, I'll bet you are so happy that you are not on this trip - lol!
Spa day!
4. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Had a nice relaxing day at the Casareyna Boutique Hotel and Spa. I had an aromatherapy session, deep tissue massage, and nice swim in the heated pool.
Lucha Libre
5. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
I saw my first Lucha Libre wrestling show and really enjoyed it!
Puebla at night
5. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
ReisenderThe lights shinning up from the sidewalks are actually extremely annoying. They are WAY too bright/blinding as you walk by them.
Self portraits
5. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Los viajeros!
Wall graffiti
6. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ladybug!
Leaping lemurs!
7. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 70 °F
I had a lot of fun petting the lemurs at the Puebla Michin Aquarium with my language guide, Maria!
Nature Preserve
8. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
We visited the ex-hacienda de Chautla today, which is a beautiful natural area. The video shows fresh water bubbling up in the springs. The water comes from rain running down from the volcano,Weiterlesen
Pulque
8. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
Today I went to a pulque bar and tried pulque. It is a fermented, effervescent beverage made from agave sap. Very delicious!
Please try to find Pitayas, Is la fruit of the Saguaro. They are delicious 🤤 [Eva Leveratt]
Mezcal tasting
9. Juni 2023 in Mexiko ⋅ 🌧 75 °F
Did a "platinum" flight of mezcal today - yum!