I think a lot of our friends and family think we are “full-time tourists”.  And although we do get to see and experience a lot, most of our time is spent doing rather mundane ‘life’ things. This has been especially true here in Mérida. Thus, we were excited for the arrival of our beloved friends, Andrew and Michael- both to see them and to put our tourist hats back on and go exploring.  Having read extensively about Mayan culture and archeology, I was very excited to get to

Doings in Mérida We’re saving some of the tourist must-dos for when our friends Andrew and Michael visit us later in December, and we’ll report on those in the new year. And we’ve explored some of Mérida’s smaller offerings, of which there are quite a few. The city museum tells the history of the formation of the city, especially in the early Colombian period. The Maya train museum tells the history of transportation in the Yucatan from early Mayan times to the present, while

In all honesty, we both love doing this blog. But neither of us want to bombard people with too many posts, and sometimes life happens so quickly that we feel like we could be posting every day… and that would be…. a lot. And then suddenly, cascading towards us like an out-of-control luggage cart, we have too much to talk about and really don’t know where to begin. So, you get an extra-long edition.   Mexico City was overwhelming. We’ve already done two posts about all the si

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