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Food Adventures in Oaxaca, Mexico During Dia De Los Muertos
Oaxaca City teems with art, incredible foods, markets, shops, and plenty of bars with people watching. What lies outside of the city are the real treasures. We took a day trip with Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys aptly called “Daytour Tortilla! Food of the soul.” The group picked us up at our lovely little hotel (Las Golondrinas…check out the reviews) and narrated as we wound through the streets into the valley. The best food tours are the ones that take you some place you could never access on your own. That describes the dirt-floored cabana where we arrived for our tortilla experience. We first watched blue corn tortilla demonstrations then tried…
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A Visit To Costco In Mexico and Incidents There
To be clear, Costco is not a city in Mexico. It’s really Costco. In Puerto Vallarta. It all makes sense. Of course a city with tons of retired Americans has a Costco. Talk about creature comforts! Upon discovering the Costco, we hopped in an Uber (another export), to see what was the same and different at El Costco. The underlying mission was an homage to my dad, one of Costco’s biggest fans. We had traipsed to Mexico to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, and a toast to dear old muerto Dad was in order. Costco did not disappoint. Their mango smoothies, with which we toasted, were off the hookâpretty much…
