May 5, 2020 | America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Travel Itineraries
When I say that I lived in Mexico, I say that I lived in Mérida, but in fact I have spent as much time in the state of Oaxaca as in Mérida. As my husband comes from its capital, Oaxaca de Juárez, whenever we go to Mexico, we go to Oaxaca to visit the family. The state...
Apr 25, 2020 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
The Yucatan peninsula is one of the most impressive places I have ever visited! I lived in its capital, Mérida, for a semester, and this city is a great starting point to visit several other places of this beautiful state, since it is in a very central position in...
Apr 14, 2020 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
For those who don’t know, I lived in the city of Mérida, Yucatán, between January and May 2015, an exchange financed by Santander, Ibero-American program, still when I was in university. There were two main reasons for choosing this city, the first is because it...
Apr 2, 2020 | America, Mexico, Mexico City, Travel Itineraries
Mexico City, capital of the country that was named after the tribe that lived here, the Aztecs, who called themselves Mexicas. Mexico City, the third largest city in the world, with more than 20 million inhabitants. Mexico City, land of chilangos, city of contrasts,...
Mar 24, 2020 | America, Mexico, Mexico City
Five years ago I lived in Mexico for seven months, more precisely in Mérida, Yucatán. When my classes ended I went on a trip of about 3 weeks in southern Mexico and Guatemala, with José, my friend and Art History student, which culminated in Mexico City. One of the...
Jan 10, 2020 | America, Belem, Brazil
The “planning gods” were generous in December and after a five-day layover in Moscow, I had another five-day layover in Belém of Pará. My first time in Brazil, one of the destinations TAP flies with the A321LR, another long haul destination for the mid...
Nov 1, 2019 | America, D.C., United States of America
As I mentioned in the previous post, after visiting the Capitol, this huge building whose white dome is familiar to us, I made a reconnaissance tour of the Mall, where most of the Smithsonian museums are located. The first time I heard about these museums was in the...
Oct 17, 2019 | America, D.C., United States of America
No, I’m not flying “long haul” yet. What is happening is that TAP is buying some Airbus A321LR (Long Range) airplanes, which are narrow body airplanes (single-aisle, usually used in middle-haul flights) but with a higher autonomy and so can fly further away, including...
Jun 18, 2019 | America, Mexico, Oaxaca
The last three days of this holidays in Mexico were spent in Huatulco. The state of Oaxaca has two main beach areas: Puerto Escondido, where I spent my birthday in 2015, more accessible to all, full of surfers, more relaxed; and Huatulco, where we find several all...
Jun 11, 2019 | America, Mexico, Oaxaca
Since I’ve been with Jorge, going to Mexico is going home. Especially when the plan is actually going home. I changed my holidays to the second half of May so I could go there with Jorge, also on holidays – him for almost a month. I will not lie, it is not the...
Aug 20, 2018 | America, Mexico, Yucatan
Imagine a place with paradisal beaches, an island without cars, in which the few hotels that exist are not skyscrapers that destroy the landscape. Imagine beautiful birds you’ve never seen in your life, imagine eating lobster pizza or swimming with whale sharks! I...
Aug 12, 2017 | America, Mexico, Travel Itineraries, Yucatan
Every time I talk about the city where I lived in Mexico, Mérida, as it isn’t “famous” in Portugal, I always tell it is near Cancún. Actually there’s a five hour way separating both cities, but for Mexico that’s close. Though there are...
