My family had a “farewell party” last night, complete with excellent fondue (cheese for the regular part of the meal and chocolate for the dessert - thanks to the Covenant Seminary gang for the dessert fondue idea). Between the main course fondue and dessert fondue, I did the first half of my Mexico City […]
So, those “water woes” that I mentioned in the place I won’t be living until maybe February? Well, turns out my friend who used to live there was able to contact someone close by, and no worries, everything is cool. Maybe not a ton of pressure, but never no water. Thought you […]
I made a trip to the Mexican consulate in Dallas just a few days ago to get my auto permit, so I thought I would create a brief blog on what I saw there - could be useful to remember later and helpful to other travellers.
I’m taking my car to Mexico, and doing it on […]
Well, in spite of well laid plans to be in Coyoacan and happily settled into an apartment immediately post arrival, it seems that I won’t have a permanent place to lay my head for a bit! The apartment that I had almost sealed the deal on won’t be available until the 5th of February, […]
Dear Friends,
The day of departure has finally come. At the crack of dawn on Wednesday the 12th of January, Mark and I will step into my heavy laden Altima and make the three day drive across the border and into the heart of Mexico. As I look at my master pre-departure checklist […]
I have attempted a few mpeg movies recently, which you can download using the links below. The files are relatively large (especially the “welcome to Mexico City” one), so you’ll want to be using your very broad band connection. Right click on the links and select “save target/link as”. Also, remember these […]