If you’re planning a trip to Baja California in Mexico, don’t miss a visit to the beautiful Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán. Also called Mission San Ignacio, this breathtaking church has been around since the 1700s and is worth exploring when you’re in Baja. Here’s why you should visit and what you should know before you… Read more »
In part one of this series I left off after my first 24 hours. It was an experience not unlike visiting a foreign country. And that’s what is really amazing: I’ve been living in Mexico for more than a year, and one region can feel like a completely different country compared to another region. Mexico… Read more »
It’s a surprise vacation. My wife bought the tickets and reserved the hotel. I had some reservations myself about whether I would be going or not. But where and why? Puebla, the capital city of a central Mexican state by the same name; for my niece’s baptism. My new family is very close. So many… Read more »
Just when I think I’ve seen all that my new home city has to offer I am surprised pleasantly by its richness of culture and community events. It seems that not a week goes by without a market in the square with fair rides and other odds and ends. This celebration in particular, which took… Read more »
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most sacred of holy sites in Mexico City. The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared before a man who later became a saint at the location of the church. The legend states that in 1951, Juan Diego, a man recently converted to Catholicism,… Read more »
