Tag Archives: Mexico City
I Am A Fish Out of Water
I’ve been feeling like a fish pulled out of the sea and dumped on to strange land. Since the Uruguayans arrived Spanish has been the main language in the apartment. Everyone has been speaking Spanish, including the long-term French couchsurfer … Continue reading
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Tagged Learning Spanish, Mexico City, socialization
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Katie’s Last Week of Summer Camp
There is actually one more week of summer camp but as we are moving to Oaxaca this weekend Katie will be missing it, so for her last week was her last week. Unfortunately she will be missing the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged Experiences, Mexico City, oaxaca, socialization, Summer Camp
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A Cake Lovers Paradise!
Two Uruguayan couchsurfers, Pablo and Michaela, arrived last week. I took them to the Zocalo in the heart of the Centro Historico, in the exact same way, Lison, a French couchsurfer, had taken Katie and I on our first day … Continue reading
Lillia, the Anthropological Museum & a Tap Dancing Wall With 6 Legs
Ok, if you think the title of this thread is weird, you should have tried being in my shoes yesterday! I went back to Reforma on Monday morning to see if I could find the restaurant where I met Liilia … Continue reading
New Series – It’s Not What You Do, It’s Who You Meet
I have met a lot of people in this trip but there have been a special few who have changed my life, my outlook, inspired me or who have just stood head and shoulders above the rest. I have decided … Continue reading
The Dancing Mariachi
This is the bum shaking, hip wiggling Mariachi I mentioned in a previous post when I went on a canal boat in Xochimilco. It may just be me, and maybe you had to be there but I found him hilarious!
Posted in Experiences, Mexico
Tagged Days Out, live music, mariachi, Mexico City, videoblog, Xochimilco
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A Grand Day Out At Granja Las Americas
I know it has been a couple of days since my last update, but goodness, I have been exhausted! I was invited to join an outing with Katie’s summer camp to a place called Granja Las Americas.
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Tagged Days Out, Experiences, Granja Las Americas, katie, making friends, Mexico City, Socialisation, Summer Camp
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Desperately Seeking Digs
I had intended to set up this blog when we first left England and write about our travels, but lack of time, exhaustion and irregular internet access worked against me. It wasn’t until we reached the States that I was … Continue reading
Posted in Mexico, Socialisation
Tagged katie, Mexico City, Socialisation, Summer Camp
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Fears About Kidnapping in Mexico
Before I made plans to come to Mexico I was as aware as everyone else of the high amount of kidnappings in Mexico City, so I decided that even though we would have to fly into Mexico City we would … Continue reading
Centro Historico, Xochimilco and Mariachis
After having a lie in after not getting to bed till the early hours, Katie, Aureli, Anas’ sister, nephew, a couple of friends of hers and I went out for a late breakfast in the old part of Mexico City. … Continue reading
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Tagged Belles Des Artes, couchsurfing, mariachis, Mexico City, Xochimilco
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