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Driving Through (Terribly Dangerous) Mexico City

Years ago, while we were still 'green', my husband declared that he would never visit Mexico City because it was so dangerous - so he had heard. Time and again, his belief about the dangerousness of this c...
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A Dream Come True – The Monarchs in Mexico

As a child, I distinctly remember one magical day when millions of Monarch butterflies migrated through the town where I was living. I twirled around like a princess, in awe and wonder, as they fluttered ar...
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Dia de Muertos (Yes, Again) in Morelia, Mexico

We had a busy day. A really busy day. We visited Tzintzuntzan for Dia de Muertos eve, then Patzcuaro AND Morelia for Dia de Muertos. It was tiring, that much traveling... after all, we're not on vacation...
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Patzcuaro Markets for Day of the Dead – Mexico

We spent Dia de Muertos 'eve' in Tzintzuntzan. It was pretty happening. But when the kids were tired, we knew we'd never be able to sleep there in the city with the music thumping, so we drove out of town b...
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Dia De Muertos in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico

Another one of those native language words, Tzintzuntzan (sin-soon-sahn) is the name of a village neighboring Patzcuaro, where we were told that there would be a pretty big 'to-do' for the eve of Dia de Mue...