Mexico Discovery

December 2019 - January 2020

A 17-day adventure by EMiche Read more

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- Dec 20, 2019, 4:00pm
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 66 m
- Italy Tuscany Florence San Lorenzo District Piazza San Marco 43.776737, 11.25731143°46’36” N 11°15’26” E
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Day 1 (Departure) - Florence
December 20, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Travel from North to South Italy 🇮🇹
LUCCA 16.31 🏡—> FLORENCE 18.43 —> ROME 20.19🏛 —> Fiumicino Airport ✈️
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- Dec 20, 2019, 8:00pm
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 65 m
- Italy Latium Rome Monti Roma Termini railway station 41.899895, 12.5021741°53’60” N 12°30’8” E
Day 1
Day 1 (Departure) - Rome
December 20, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Airport —> Taxi 🚖 to 🌴🌴Isola Sacra Hotel 🌴🌴 Great spot to rest before a long flight ✈️
They give me the best Crib and Tree saw during this Christmas!
The restaurant was something gorgeous , I tasted a fish dish. The chef was able to perfectly mix flavors and presentation! Definitively recommended.

Ps. Tomorrow, I will meet the ‘Avventure nel mondo’ group 🌎. I’m so excited to Visit Mexico with new friends that I am sure I will love ❤️ !!
Few hours to go ⏰🥰Read more
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- Dec 21, 2019, 3:07am
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Italy Latium Fiumicino Fiumicino Fiumicino International Airport 41.796143, 12.24237641°47’46” N 12°14’33” E
Day 2
Day 2 (Flight Day): Fiumicino Airport
December 21, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Ready!!!!! 🛫

This morning in Fiumicino Aitport T3, I met 5 of the travels 🌎 They are very kind and interesting 🥰
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- Dec 21, 2019, 1:00pm
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United States New Jersey Essex County Oak Island Junction Newark Liberty International Airport 40.695026, -74.17690340°41’42” N 74°10’37” W
Day 2
Day 2 (Flight Day): EWR Airport
December 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
First stop Newark, at 2 pm, where my American relatives live!! 🇺🇸 Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time to meet them!
Connecting flight to Mexico City 🌃
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- Dec 21, 2019, 8:55pm
- 🌙 -3 °C
- Altitude: 2,251 m
- Mexico Mexico City Venustiano Carranza Cerro Peñón 19.435753, -99.08242819°26’9” N 99°4’57” W
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Day 2 (Flight Day) : Mexico City
December 21, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
United flight number UA1065 from Newark to Mexico City at 4 pm.
I will remember this flight 4ever —> I ENTER INTO
THE CABIN ✈️ Do you trust me!?! The Captain Mark and the Flight Assistant Christofer let us enter inside, took some pics (he gave us his hat!! 😎 )
This trip will be memorable!
Landed in Mexico City, we went to our hotel in downtown.

We spent 1h30 to change euro in pesos at the airport; I suggest AICM (21,80 without commissions)Read more
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- Dec 22, 2019, 11:20am
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 2,243 m
- Mexico Mexico City Cuauhtémoc Borough Mexico City UNAM FAD Academia de San Carlos 19.432379, -99.13231719°25’57” N 99°7’56” W
Day 3
Day 3 - Zocalo (CDMX)
December 22, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
🚇 Pino Surrez —> 🚇Zocalo
We walked in the Zocalo:
📍Plaza de la Costitution
📍Palacio National
📍 Cattedrale di Città del Messico
📍 Templo Mayor
📍Museo National de las Culturas (This Diego Rivera staircase mural in the National Palace depicts the history of Mexico, with scenes pre-colonial Mexico on the right.The center portrays the Spanish conquest, both military and religious. On the left panel, the rise of the working class is depicted. Of course, Frida Kahlo present among the people on the left hand side, see if you can find her when you visit!)
👣Av. Francisco I. Madero
📍Pasteleria Ideal
📍 Casa de Los Azulejos (A restaurant covered the inner courtyard and now dominates the establishment, which now is the flagship site for a chain of restaurants called Sanborns. Sanborns currently belongs to billionaire Carlos Slim)
📍 Templo Expiatorio Nacional de San Felipe de Jesús
📍 EL Palacio de Bellas ArtesRead more
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- Dec 22, 2019, 2:00pm
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 2,245 m
- Mexico Mexico City Colonia del Carmen 19.35187, -99.16279419°21’7” N 99°9’46” W
Day 3
Day 3 - Cayoacan (CDMX)
December 22, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
🚇 Bella’s Artes —> 🚇General Anaya (quartiere Coyoacan)
🌮 LUNCH: Chilaquiles in Mercado de Coyoacan (25$-35$) ☕️Cafe El Jarocho
📍Walking around the district: Frida Kalo Museum, Plaza Hidalgo, Fuente de Coyotes, Parroquia San Juan BatistaRead more
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- Dec 22, 2019, 4:00pm
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 2,259 m
- Mexico Mexico City Cuauhtémoc Borough Colonia Condesa Museo Nacional de Antropologia - INAH 19.425938, -99.18630219°25’33” N 99°11’11” W
Day 3
Day 3 - Ricon del Bosque (CDMX)
December 22, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
🚇 General Anaya —> 🚇Hidalgo

📍Iglesia di San Hipolito y San Casiano
📍Museo National de antropologia

👩🏻‍🏫HISTORY
🇲🇽 Mexican flag
an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, is perched on top of a prickly pear cactus; the cactus is situated on a rock that rises above a lake. The coat of arms is derived from an Aztec legend that their gods told them to build a city where they spot an eagle on a nopal eating a serpent, which is now Mexico City.

🗣 Posole (or Pozole)
According to anthropologists, this pre-Hispanic soup was once used as part of ritual sacrifices. These days chicken, pork and vegetarian pozole versions are readily available in more everyday surroundings. Made from hominy corn with plenty of herbs and spices, the dish is traditionally stewed for hours, often overnight. Once it's ready to serve, lettuce, radish, onion, lime and chilli are sprinkled on top.

📌The Aztec Sun Stone (or Calendar Stone) depicts the five consecutive worlds of the sun from Aztec mythology. The stone is not, therefore, in any sense a functioning calendar, but rather it is an elaborately carved solar disk, which for the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican cultures represented rulership.Read more
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- Dec 23, 2019, 11:00am
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 2,277 m
- Mexico Mexico City Corrales I y II 19.275, -99.13888919°16’30” N 99°8’20” W
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Day 4 - Xochimilco (CDMX)
December 23, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
📍 THE COLOURFUL CANALS OF XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

Xochimilco is a borough south of Mexico City mostly known for the colourful gondola style boats called trajineras

When people talk about visiting Xochimilco, what they’re usually referring to is the network of canals known as The Floating Gardens of Xochimilco rather than the surrounding area. The photogenic, brightly coloured gondolas, or Xochimilco Trajineras, that cruise up and down the waterways are what have made it so popular among both foreign and Mexican tourists alike.

And I’ve seen it variously described as the Mexican Venice, a cultural booze cruise, and even a youth club on water.

Yes, it’s touristy but it can also be a lot of fun. Locals head to Xochimilco to celebrate everything from birthdays to bachelorettes and even quinceañeras.Read more
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- Dec 23, 2019, 2:00pm
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 1,697 m
- Mexico Guerrero Taxco de Alarcón Colonia de Pedro Martín 18.54857, -99.60853418°32’55” N 99°36’31” W
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Day 4 - Taxco (Guerrero)
December 23, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
📝🛕The city is heavily associated with silver, both with the mining of it and other metals and for the crafting of it into jewelry, silverware and other items. 💎 Today, mining is no longer a mainstay of the city's economy. The city's reputation for silverwork, along with its picturesque homes and surrounding landscapes, have made tourism the main economic activity.

In 2002, the Secretary of Tourism granted the city the title of ✨✨pueblo mágico ✨✨the third community to receive the title because of the quality of the silver industry, colonial buildings, and its surrounding landscape. Many of the buildings of Taxco are viceregal style and date back to its golden age and, because of this, it has become a popular tourist site of the state of Guerrero and México.

🍹If you are in Taxco, you are to try this famous drink, La BERTA.
Created there more than 50 years ago! The view from their balcony is to the magnificent main Plaza and the beautiful Santa Prisca. ‘Se non hai bevuto una Berta non sei venuto a Taxco’

📍 Templo de Santa Prisca
The icon of Taxco, Santa Prisca is one of Mexico’s most beautiful and striking pieces of baroque architecture.Read more
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