We had a wonderful time in the U.S. where we celebrated the marriage of Josh's mom Donna and her husband Randy. It was a lovely wedding and we were thrilled to see family while we were home. It was a short three-day trip for me, though Josh was able to stay for 10 days and made it to Des Moines to visit friends. A HUGE thank you to our families for making our trip home so special. It was a whirlwind for me, but I don't remember ever being so happy to be home! We were also beyond excited to see the few friends that we could meet up with while we were back.
While Josh was gone, I took off for a weekend trip with a friend, Tina, to visit Malinalco, a small colonial village about two or three hours from the city. We arrived and settled into a little hotel and headed for Tina's favorite restaurant, which was serving a seasonal and regional specialty called Chile en Nogada -- a beef and dried fruit stuffed green chile smothered in a ground walnut cream sauce topped with pomegranate seeds (the colors of la bandera de Mexico - que rico!). The Chile in Nogada was all that Tina said it would be! We had a great evening of visiting outside in the lush courtyard in the ambiance of candle light, since we were without power for the night!
We spent Saturday venturing up the mountains to visit Aztec ruins and then passed through another nearby village that is known for its automobile blessing ceremonies (yep, car blessings -- who knew?!) complete with flower wreaths, buckets of holy water to wash the cars, dancing and music. We walked terrific markets and filled up on our fair share of Micheladas. Yum!
It was an awesome road trip, but nevertheless, I was extremely glad to have Josh home the next week after flying solo in Mexico!
Check our next post to read about our celebration of Dia de Los Muertos and our excitement about looking forward to Thanksgiving plans!
Again, sorry to leave you all (er, I mean our three readers) hanging for a few weeks. Hope you're all well and had a super Halloween!
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Two restaurant suggestions I sent to you before but got bounced back to me for whatever technological mess-ups.
"La Fonda de los recuerdos"/
"La Fuente de los recuerdos" in D.F.
The most tender, melt on the tongue botanas I've ever had, especially the beef tips.
"El San Angel Inn"---the last two words are pronounced in a diphthong "an-hell-leen." Located in southern D.F. suburb of Coyoacan where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived. Their home is a museum now. The Bolshevik exile from the Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky, also lived in Coyoacan. In fact, Josef Stalin had Soviet agents sent from Moscow around the world to track down and assassinate Trotsky in the latter's home in Mexico City. Trotsky's home is also a museum. You all would get alot more out of visits to the Coyoacan museums I mention here by Googling and brushing-up on Kahlo/Rivera/Stalin/Trotsky. The tricky part of visiting Coyoacan is that you have to dress up for El San Angel Inn, which kind of makes you stand out while visiting the two museums.
The last comment I sent to you all about all the above was too long and got bounced back to me, so I'll cut this short.
Love to you all.