When planning for this leg, we had figured we’d spend a week in Santiago de Querétaro (frequently just called Querétaro) and another week or so traveling around visiting the many Pueblos Magicos in the area and on the way to Mexico City. But when I was researching the towns and transportation options, such a broken…
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…
Day Trip to Arezzo
Writing these posts so many months after the experience has required a bit of detective work. Luckily I keep a lot of records and between my daily family emails, expense log, and photo time stamps, I’ve been generally able to recreate each day. We visited Arezzo on October 28, nearly four months ago. Arezzo Arrival…
Day Trip to Siena
Our second daytrip from Perugia was to the medieval Tuscan town of Siena. Although it is not on the same train line as Perugia, we were able to book an 80-minute Flixbus for 7 a.m. with a return at 7:10 p.m. It was a long day, but provided plenty of time to see the main…
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…
Day Trip to Assisi and Spello
One reason we chose Perugia as our home base for Italy was its access to many other great Italian towns we really wanted to see. Our list was long and so we got started almost right away four days after our arrival in Perugia in mid-October. The very top of our list was Assisi, home…
Overnight Ferry to Bari and Ancona
It feels like a long time ago that we left Tirana for Italy on October 6, because it was. Over 100 days ago in fact. That’s how far behind I am on this blog. But I’m going to do my best to remember and capture the wonderful time we had during our first days in…
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…