When I was young my family took trips to Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and (actually one of my favorite childhood trips) a private sailboat ride around the Gulf of California. Cue the beach vacation clichés. My sister and I loathe the memory of jewelry hawkers who tried to drape silver necklaces on us in CancunContinue reading “Mexico City”
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Weekend in Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca is the “City of the Eternal Spring,” a city of mild weather and beautiful climate. What was once a small vacation town became wildly popular after the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City. Jon’s father and aunt grew up in Mexico City but his grandmother moved here after the kids were all grown up. Eventually, Jon’sContinue reading “Weekend in Cuernavaca”