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Mexico

A City Tour and a Cooking Class

January 21, 2026

Oaxaca was beautiful today, sunny and eventually warm. We had a walking tour of the city in the morning on our way to the anthropological museum.…

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Mexico

Temples and Artisans in Oaxaca

January 20, 2026

We drove out of Oaxaca early this morning to arrive at Monte Albán before any other groups. While it is not that crowded when compared to…

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Mexico

Temples, Zapote Traditions and Mezcal

January 19, 2026

The photo above shows my breakfast this morning. A tamale! It was the first of two tamale meals for the day. By now we know the…

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Featured

More Buffalo and More Paestum

November 9, 2025

We did a new version of our itinerary from October 26. New water buffalo, same Paestum. Today we visited an organic water buffalo farm and it was different from the last. This…

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Leaving with Laura

Leaving with Laura

I am a retired middle school science teacher, administrator, and head of school. I am very grateful to be traveling again, and will not take being able to travel for granted! I like to learn about history and art when we travel, as well as natural history.

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