One major tourist activity we planned for our time in Querétaro was to take a day trip to Peña de Bernal. The peña is a 1400 foot monolith, one of the tallest in the world, and looms over the charming colonial town of Bernal, a pueblo magico about an hour away from Querétaro. I read…
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A Good Time in Guanajuato
I just reread my Guanajuato: We’re Home post and we certainly had a fun first couple of weeks there. The second half of our stay may have been even better because in addition to experiencing more food and history, we also had the opportunity to attend a couple of music events, plus our day trip…
Day Trip to Dolores Hidalgo
It was an interesting contrast to take our day trip to Dolores Hidalgo on Thursday from here in Guanajuato just after catching up on my three day trip posts from the fall in Perugia. Day trips in Mexico are very different from day trips in Italy, though there are similarities too. Here’s how we made…
Guanajuato: We’re Home
We really enjoyed our first two weeks of our monthlong stay in Guanajuato. Though it isn’t a spectacular destination, it has been comfortable enough and extremely interesting. We’ve had a few memorable fun experiences already and have a few more planned for our remaining time here. Arrival from Zihuatanejo A few months before our trip…
Beach Life in Zihua
Our final two weeks in Zihuatanejo were a lot like our first two weeks in the beach town. We enjoyed lots of time at the beach and in the water, did two more snorkel excursions, and continued our typical set schedule of work, learning, and eating great Mexican food. While I was improving my Spanish…
Zihuatanejo: We’re Home
We are halfway through our four weeks in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, so it is time for me to do a post about our arrival and initial impressions, no matter how many posts I still have to catch up on from our time in Europe (eight of them). Because I don’t want to fall behind on posting…
FAQ – What Did We Learn on Leg 14?
Our first big lesson from Leg 14 is to write down a few lessons as soon as we get home from each leg in case months pass before I make this post! But after brainstorming and reminiscing with Chad, we managed to come up with a few relevant lessons specific to Leg 14. Weather Really…
FAQ – How Did Our Leg 14 Numbers Work Out
We were pretty spot-on with our budget for our four months in South America. We were a little unsure about how the economic conditions would impact us in Argentina, but it somewhat stabilized as we were there, at least for the type of expenses we had (groceries, restaurants, etc.). Peru wasn’t as quite the value…
Finally, Machu Picchu
Our time in Peru coincided with the tail end of the rainy season, so we decided to hold off on visiting Machu Picchu until the week before we left. We decided to do it as an overnight trip and took the Inca Rail bus and train combo to Aguas Calientes, the town just below Machu…
Cusco Tours – Sacred Valley and Rainbow Mountain
Wow, these tours were a long time ago. I’m finally getting around to writing this post in November, but we took these tours April 10 and 30. Still, they are worth remembering and sharing, so I’m going to do my best to try to recreate the experience. Sacred Valley Tour Our Airbnb host booked this…