Morelos is Mexico’s second smallest state but one of its most appealing tourist destinations. Located on the border of the Federal District in south-central Mexico, it is only a 90-minute drive from the Mexico City airport and two and a half hours from Acapulco. Its near-perfect year-round climate has attracted visitors since the days of…
101 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT TEQUILA , MEZCAL, & PULQUE This blog post was published by Taste & Travel magazine, January 2014. For subscription information go to http://www.tasteandtravelmagazine.com. Here is a link to the published article. https://www.tasteandtravelmagazine.com/media/issue12_tequila.pdf. While actually a scotch drinker, I forced myself to like tequila as a sacrifice for my travel…
A TAUCK TOUR TO CENTRAL EUROPE September 4-17, 2013 I really wanted to take a Danube cruise for my September vacation, especially one that included Budapest and Prague. I started a web search in June and discovered there were no cabins available at that time on six different river boats. Then I looked at Tauck’s…
An edited version of this post appeared in THE NEWS (Mexico DF) May 24, 2013. http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/mexico-articulos/9903-cuernavaca’s-spanish-school-renaissance— CUERNAVACA’S SPANISH-LANGUAGE SCHOOLS RESILIENT DESPITE SETBACKS James J. Horn, Ph.d., Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, May 24, 2013 One of the world’s leading centers for teaching Spanish to foreigners is fighting to recover from several years of setbacks, particularly an unfair…
ACAPULCO: AGING PACIFIC QUEEN STILL HAS HER CHARMS WITH VIOLENCE FALLING, ACAPULCO OFFERS TRAVELERS MORE FOR THEIR MONEY James J. Horn, Ph.d., Acapulco Gro., Mexico December 13, 2012 An edited version of this post appeared in THE NEWS (Mexico City), December 13, 2012. N.B. This article has been updated to reflect publicity on violence in the port. http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/mexico-articulos/3744-aging-pacific-queen-still-has-her-charms–…
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