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  • Valladolid
    Hari 5

    Steeler game at St. Patrick's

    6 Januari, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F

    The local Irish bar gave us a chance to watch the Steelers. We met ex-pats from Ireland, England, and the USA.

    Today is the end of the Christmas season here with lots of celebrations around the 3 Kings.Baca lagi

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  • Valladolid
    1
    Hari 5–14

    Bike trip to cenotes

    6 Januari, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    We took a bike tour to 2 cenotes and visited 3 villages/towns. There were two other people on the tour, Martin and Janet from the Netherlands. They are in their 30s (36,34).

    Our guide was Julian, a lifetime resident of Valladolid. Our trip was just about 20 miles. Julian liked to ask (very frequently) "how are you feeling, guys?"

    We were the only people at the first cenote, named xla'kaj, which was an open air cenote. It was a beautiful setting and the water was very comfortable.

    The second, k'om ha , was covered and you had to go on a small opening and proceed through a cave like entrance to get down.

    We stopped at the town of Chichimila for lunch after the first cenote. There were a number of outdoor stands, kind of like a food truck setup. We had tacos and empanadas. I think the tacos were from Julian 's uncle's stand.    Baca lagi

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  • Valladolid
    311
    Hari 4

    Lazy Friday

    5 Januari, Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F

    Friday was a pretty laid back day. We walked to inquire about a bike tour, bought some produce at the market, and stopped in a bakery. This was followed by reading in a park, visiting La Joyita Cantina, napping, and watching the audio visual presentation displayed at the main church.Baca lagi

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  • Valladolid
    11
    Hari 3

    Convento de San Bernardino de Siena

    4 Januari, Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    We walked to Convento de San Bernardino de Siena, a monestary completed in 1560. The route there took us along the Calzada de Los Frailes, a colorful street with shops, restaurants, and homes. .There were beautiful flower displays outside the monestary with a Christmas theme. The monestary property housed a water mill that was built over a cenote. Starting in the 1970s, most artifacts were recovered from the cenote, accessed via the water mill, which was much like a well. It is the round structure in the pictures. The grounds were also home to many lizards, much bigger than we are used to seeing.

    We tried to go to the restaurant La Tía for lunch, a recommendation from a local, but it was closed during it's normal hours. We ending up getting cochinita pibil, a marinated barbeque pork sandwich from a street vendor, el tigrillo . Lunch for the two of us was under $4.

    For dinner, we went to St. Patrick's, the local Irish bar. Not a lot Irish about it but it was a nice place and will probably go back Saturday with the hope of watching the Steelers game. The penguin game was on the TV as we entered. We sat outside and had wood fired pizza and a couple beers. I (Jeff) topped off with a couple shots of mezcal (mil diablos and 400 conejos joven).    Baca lagi

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  • Valladolid
    1
    Hari 2

    Day 1 - getting a feel for the area

    3 Januari, Mexico ⋅ 🌙 73 °F

    Today we got a feel for the area around our apartment. A fair amount of walking, along with trying the food and drinks at some local establishments. We are asking for recommendations from the locals we meet.

    We started off with breakfast at Carolin Cocoa Cafe. It's less than a block from where we are staying and had an excellent menu: healthy, well plated, and very tasty. We got there at a good time, there was soon a wait for tables.

    After that, we did the 10:00 free walking tour. Stops included the main church and the public market. We did get to taste a few local delicacies.

    We chilled out for a few hours in the afternoon and then headed to La Joyita Cantina for some beer and tapas. The tapas were complimentary and very tasty. This place was a recommendation of our tour guide from the morning walk when I asked him where he would go. Locals outnumbered the tourists. The place was a dive bar that I am sure we will be back to..... Multiple times.

    Later in the evening we ventured out for dinner at NenaNena. We both had enchiladas and they were great. We sat out back in the courtyard after a few minute wait for a table. While you waited for your food they brought out a little game trip play. The loser had to drink a shot (some cherry liquore, not very good).

    We capped off the evening with another walk, venturing to streets we hadn't been to yet. We came across a bakery where we bought a loaf of almond bread for breakfast, along with a ham and cheese bread.

    Once home, we weren't long out of bed.    Baca lagi

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  • Valladolid
    1
    Hari 1

    Travel to Valladolid

    2 Januari, Mexico ⋅ 🌙 72 °F

    It was a long day of traveling. We left the house at 3:45am and didn't arrive at our destination until 6:00 PM (Central). We flew from Pittsburgh to Miami, then Miami to Mérida, México. After clearing customs and immigration, we had to decide on mode of travel, either ride share or bus. Since taking a bus required also taking 2 buses (first one into downtown Mérida to the bus station), we opted for ride share and decided to try DiDi, an alternative to Uber, which was also available. Didi was significantly less expensive. To catch a ride share vehicle, we had to walk out of the airport property to the main road. Our ride showed up about 15 minutes after ordering it, beginning our 2+ hour road trip. Our driver didn't speak English so it was a pretty quiet trip. We traveled through a number of small towns/ villages that appeared to be pretty poor areas. On arriving in Valladolid, we were surprised at the amount of traffic ... Truly a traffic jam.

    After getting into our 2 room apartment, we unpacked quickly and immediately headed out for dinner. We ended up at La Crujía, which turned out to be an excellent choice. We choose seating in the back courtyard which was full of trees and away from the noise of the traffic. Food was very good as was the service of Catalina. The price for dinner with 2 beers was the equivalent of $25.

    We then walked toward the main square / park, which is only a block from where we are staying. It was a hug of activity, with storefronts surrounding the square and numerous street vendors in the park. We ended up having a churro, complete with Hershey's syrup. We kept the walk short as we were both very tired and lights were out around 930.

    I was surprised at the number of tourists, including several tourist buses parked by the main square. Although, that location is likely the main tourist spot in town.    Baca lagi

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  • Rockies and Red Rocks
    Hari 40

    New Orleans to home

    14 Oktober 2023, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    After one more round of beignets from Cafe de Monde, we headed to Memphis TN for our first night's stay. Along the way we saw many cotton fields and rolls of cotton! We checked in at the T.O.Fuller State
    Park campground and then went to Beale St for dinner and music. We ate at BBKings while being entertained by some great live music. Then we walked the streets checking out various musicians along the way. A short but fun visit. The second day was a shorter drive (4 hours) to St Louis. We were meeting up with Josh and Liz. Since they were still working when we got there, we went to Lumeire Sculpture Park. It is a very nice and spacious park with almost 70 sculptures. It was a great place to stretch our legs and spend a couple of hours. Next we met up with Josh and Liz, drove to what will soon be their new house and then walked to a brewery and a pizza place for dinner. It was another short, but wonderful visit!! We drove about 1.5 hours before spending the night in Effingham. The next morning we started the final leg home driving in and out of rain. It was a great trip!    Baca lagi

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  • Rockies and Red Rocks
    Hari 36

    New Orleans

    10 Oktober 2023, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

    We traveled from Austin to New Orleans. Jeff had only been there for business and I had never been there. We spent three nights here. The first evening we are at Coop's Place for dinner good Southern Cajun/Creole cooking followed by beignets from Cafe du Mond - yum!!

    Over the next two days we took a tour of the lower garden area seeing historic houses, some owned by famous people now. In the afternoon we took a food walking tour of the French Quarter sampling some iconic food of the area - gumbo, po-boy, muffelata, praline, red beans and rice, and banana foster bread pudding. Both tours included a lot of history of there area.

    We spent a rainy afternoon (almost 5 hours) at the WWII museum. It was very well done and we only saw half of the exhibits. We also saw the French Market, the St Louis Cathedral, and the Riverwalk along the Mississippi River.

     We spent our evenings on Bourbon St and Frenchman St enjoying a lot of different kinds of music and drinks. When we arrived, I (Eileen) wans't overly impressed, but by the time we left, I didn't want to leave. There is so much to do.    Baca lagi

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  • Rockies and Red Rocks
    Hari 30

    Santa Fe to Austiin

    4 Oktober 2023, Amerika Syarikat

    We drove from Santa Fe to Austin with an overnight stay on Lubbock, TX. We were going to visit Jacque and help her with some house projects. Through New Mexico and West Texas we passed a lot of open fields, cotton plants, oil rigs, and so many wind turbines. We stopped at Cadillac Ranch. - an art exhibit. A man paid some California artists to create an art exhibit on his ranch. They took 10 Cadillacs, one from each year, and buried them nose down so the Cadillac fins stuck up. After a while, people started defacing the Cadillacs with spray paint and eventually it was encouraged to do so. Today they sell paint right on the property. There is so much paint on the cars that you can't identify them as Cadillacs. At Jac's we built a fence, did yardwork, spent time with Bear, and enjoyed family time!Baca lagi

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    Hari 29

    Santa Fe day 2

    3 Oktober 2023, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    In 1957 the city of Santa Fe passed a law that all buildings- residential and commercial - had to be of the adobe style to preserve the heritage of the area. So everything is in earth tones and there are more trees here than we have seen in the past 2 weeks making this area a beautiful city. It is also an area of hot springs so today we went to the Ojo Spa and Resort. They have a day pass where you can soak in the multiple hot tubs and use the steam room. We spent about 4 hours soaking, steaming, and just relaxing. We met a man who is a Santa Fe firefighter and martial arts instructor. He comes here once a month to relax. (We need a place like this at home!) He suggested that we go to the Santa Fe Brewing Co headquarters which was nearby. Food was good, (taco truck), beer was good and Jeff says it is the best stout he has ever had. Lastly we went to the Railyard area of town. This is another area of shops, restaurants, and breweries, not quite as boutiqueish as the plaza. Unfortunately, except for the restaurants and breweries, everything is closed up in the evening. We had some ice cream and then went back to camp.Baca lagi

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