Category Archives: Mexican

One of the things I most enjoyed about Tepoztlan was walking and exploring the city. It is very hilly but after a day we got used to it, besides there are cafes all around to stop for a coffee or beer, there’s no rush with anything in Mexico and I loved that. Most of the...

Tepoztlan is a very interesting and unique city in Mexico. Before we left we told some Mexicans we knew that we were going there and they hadn’t even heard of it. It’s tucked away in the mountains and maybe has 25,000 people, the nearest cities being Cuernavaca and Mexico City (which is about a 45...

The main reason we went to Tepoztlan Mexico was for a week of cooking classes at La Villa Bonita taught by Chef Ana Garcia. She is a great cook and teacher fusing traditional and modern techniques with her dishes. The first night we arrived from Mexico City with another couple from Michigan and were greeted...

At the beginning of October we travelled to Tepoztlan Mexico for a culinary cooking week. I had never heard of Tepoztlan before but after we arrived we left very impressed! It’s about 40 minutes south from Mexico City in the mountains so the climate is very different from what people normally expect from Mexico. It also has...

Some people think that Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican Independence Day (16 September), but it is not, Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico to celebrate the victory of Mexican forces over the French army at the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862. It's interesting, but the holiday is celebrated more in the United States, especially in the...