After living in Mexico for several years, this year I was excited to finally spend Independence Day in the USA. I was looking forward to having some good old fashioned American fun and to seeing a real fireworks show, as they don't have those in Cancun. Also, it was Fer's first ever 4th of July in the States, another reason to celebrate.
Read MoreThe last two days of our trip in Mexico City were dedicated to the pyramids of Teotihuacan, celebrating two special anniversaries, and trying to fit in anything else we forgot. Sunday we left early in the morning and took the metro to a large bus station that has buses that go to and from Teotihuacan all day. Coming from Cancun where it is completely flat, seeing mountains and pyramids in Mexico City was just amazing.
Read MoreFer and I were lucky enough to be able to take a long weekend recently and visit the big and beautiful Mexico City. People from Mexico City are known as Chilangos, hence Chilangolandia. We covered as much as we could in 4 days. My thoughts on Mexico city are that it is clean, large, and very different from Cancun! There is also a noticeable gap between rich people and poor people. We were approached frequently for money by beggars. It has a plethora of culture and history which I loved, and the climate was perfect. No humidity in Mexico City! On our first day we arrived in the morning so that we could have the whole day to see stuff. We dropped our suitcases at our hotel, Hotel Imperial Reforma, a beautiful place right in the heart of the city.
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