A short drive from Cuernavaca, Morelos, into the mountains of the neighboring State of Mexico brings you to Truchas Los Alcatraces, a rustic trout farm/restaurant. The trout are brought in from elsewhere and held in tanks with moving water from a mountain stream. The restaurant with rustic wood furniture boasts a splendid view of the…
Eulogy by son, James J. Horn, * Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, North Tonawanda NY, November 26, 2022 Good morning. Thank you all for attending this memorial to the life of Frances Malinowski Horn. She was born in Detroit, MI, January 8, 1918. That year the Spanish flu infected 500 million people around the world,…
September 14-23, 2022 (Unless noted, all photos are by the author. Best viewed on a laptop or ipad since your cell will not do justice to the photos. Double click on photos to enlarge them. There is a link for comments at the end). After three years deprived of long-distance travel due to the pandemic,…
A spectacular deluxe restaurant opened in June 2022 in Colonia Reforma, Cuernavaca. Amid the splendor of a stunning colonial-style mansion, the tables are surrounded by lovely gardens. The site occupies an entire block at the corner of Reforma and Xochicalco, one block beyond the glorieta. There is a large parking lot, valet parking, or street…
The clock is ticking on the restoration of the Cortés Palace in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, severely damaged in a devastating earthquake on September 19, 2017. The 7.1 Richter-scale quake damaged thousands of buildings in the State of Morelos including scores of convents and other historical sites. Reconstruction of historic buildings is the job of the…
I leave Cuernavaca every May to return to Western New York to visit family, friends, and former colleagues, and to celebrate Mother’s Day. Mom is 104 and still living independently. In the past I have usually taken advantage of being in NY to connect to JFK and fly to Europe, but I wasn’t ready for…
We are so fortunate in Cuernavaca to have such an incredible variety of outdoor dining venues. A few of the restaurants listed below have only a limited number of ourdoor tables, so be sure to phone ahead to reserve your place. Please forgive the lack of accents due to a computer glitch. Comments are welcome.…
A Vantage Deluxe Small Group Journey, Jan 29-Feb 11, 2020 Photographs are by the author unless otherwise credited. Special thanks to professional nature photographer Linda Hatfield and group leader Paula Rivera for enriching this post with their photos. Click upon a photo to…
Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Click on a photo to enlarge it and use your arrow to scroll through a series. I will be editing some sections and adding more photos soon. “Why Morocco?” some friends asked when I told them where I was going. I had read many interesting articles in…
The following is a talk I gave to the Cuernavaca expat community for a joint celebration of Canada Day and Independence Day, July 4, 2019. My friends, it is altogether fitting that we should celebrate American independence jointly with Canada Day. The two countries share the longest unmilitarized border in the world. The volume of…
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