Mexico

Guadalajara: Mexico’s Second Largest City

We recently traveled to Mexico’s second largest city (behind its capital, Mexico City): Guadalajara. As expected, it was not built around tourism but rather around everyday life, which was a welcome and refreshing feel for us. The city is huge and bustling with life, but each neighborhood has a slightly different feel. We loved walking around the historical...

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

San Miguel de Allende is a very popular small town in Mexico. So popular, in fact, that it almost seems like a wealthy American retirement community. Along with the hoards of retired Americans roaming the streets, you’ll also find plenty of tourists celebrating weddings – complete with a “callejoneada,” where the entire tequila-drinking...

Mexico City: Our Favorite Big City

Before our first trip to Mexico City (in 2016), I admittedly had pretty low expectations. I’ve always been partial to smaller towns rather than sprawling capital cities, and … let’s face it… Mexico City doesn’t exactly conjure up tropical oasis images in your mind, does it? But, since our first trip where we absolutely fell in love with...