Photos and words about what we've been up to
By far our favourite thing about visiting Mexico was the cuisine. If you're heading to Mexico City then we definitely recommend that you find a way to go on a food tour, because you'll learn things and discover places that you wouldn't have easily done on your own. But even without a guide there are…
Continue reading ➞ Mexico City Restaurants – All Our Hits & Misses
CDMX refers to La Ciudad de Mexico... known in English as Mexico City. CDMX refers to the municipality that encompasses Mexico City, home to nearly 22 million people. On Sundays, many of those people have the day off, and the downtown core is filled with people and families who come in search of festivals, entertainment,…
Continue reading ➞ A Sunday in CDMX & Visiting Palacio Belles Artes
After lunch at the San Angel Inn and a quick visit to the Museum of the House/Studio of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, we headed to another interestingly named museum, the Museo del Objecto del Objecto. It translates to 'the museum of the purpose (or object) of the object'. This is how Wikipedia describes it:…
After we enjoyed art shopping at El Bazaar Sabado and lunch (with a bottle of cava) at the San Angel Inn, we ventured across the street to visit the shared home and studio of the famous Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. We'd heard that the Frida Kahlo museum was famed for its long…
Continue reading ➞ Visiting the Museum of the House/Studio of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
In Toronto our neighbours, Greg and Adrienne, also happen to be old friends of ours. Greg and I attended high school together, and so we were all delighted to find out we were living in the same building, on the same floor. To keep the coincidences coming, a week after we booked our trip to…
Continue reading ➞ Adventure with our Toronto neighbours in Mexico City!
Our second Airbnb experience on this trip was called "Dive into real Mexico" and the name is a perfect descriptor. It was a full day experience - just over 10 hours long. We met our host Daniel in the morning and he drove us 2 hours away to the state where his family originates, Tlaxcala.…
Kevin was in charge of finding our Airbnb and I'm sure he looked at hundreds of listings to narrow down his options. Ever the skilled researcher, Kevin found us what I can honestly describe as the world's best Airbnb host, Leonor. We had initially planned to reserve one of her full apartments, but we took…
Continue reading ➞ Our home away from home in the Condesa Aurora Sunroom!
When Kevin and I went to Amsterdam we kicked off our trip with a food tour, which was both a unique culinary experience and a great walking tour with a local guide. We were introduced to the food tour via Booking.com but since we didn't use them for our trip this time around we decided…
Continue reading ➞ Airbnb Experience: “Discover street food with a local”
Our first full day in Mexico City fell on a Saturday. Our Airbnb host recommended that we take this opportunity to visit "El Bazaar Sábado" (aka the Saturday Bazaar) as it's a unique event that only happens once per week. And so on Saturday morning we took an Uber south into the historic neighbourhood of San Angel.…
For the next week we are in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in the Americas (fighting neck and neck with Sao Paulo for the top listing). We arrived yesterday, and so far we are having a great time! Of course, if you've been reading the news you also know…
Continue reading ➞ We made it to Mexico City! (Just in time for an earthquake)
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