On our last day in Merida, we decided to venture to the Plaza Grande for a couple of hours to see things we had not seen already. After watching a couple of Yucatecans play chess in the park Evan was invited to play a game! This was his first game aside from playing his brother […]
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatan is located on Calle 60 next to the cathedral on Plaza Grande. Admission to this museum is free and it is open every day except for Tuesdays from 10am -6pm. You are allowed to take pictures, but you are not allowed to use your flash. If you enter […]
On Friday night we went out for a nice family dinner to Panchos in centro Merida. As we were walking to Panchos we saw the thunderstorm coming so when we got to Panchos and they tried to sit us outside, which is normally the best seats in the house, we asked if we could please […]
Today, after I picked the boys up from school we took the bus from Progreso to Merida and got off at Liverpool mall. We were going ice skating! This was the second time we have gone skating but this time it was just Evan and myself. Lyn met us after spending the morning getting her […]
Today we went on a school field trip to the zoo in Merida. We were very lucky and did not have to catch the bus from Merida to Progreso but instead we got to sleep in a little bit and then walk over 6 blocks to meet the rest of the summer school children. We […]
Today, our plan was to take the boys to school and then go sit in a park in Progreso and read. Somehow on our walk from the school to downtown we decided we would try out the public transportation system in Progreso to where we will be living. Well, this seemed easy enough getting there […]
Today, while our boys were at their first day of summer school in Progreso, we had a chance to explore the main food market and malecon (boardwalk). It was of course another cruise ship day, and the port was very busy with tourists. We cannot wait to see the town on a day a cruise […]
A Local Market in Support of a Global Movement. In Yucatantoday.com there is a great article describing the Slow Food Yucatan. Here is an excerpt from their page: “Have you heard about SLOW FOOD? It’s an international movement, based in Italy, which promotes local production of food, preservation of regional culinary traditions, and healthy eating. […]
On Saturday we were invited to go see a town fair at Temozon, located by Las Fincas on the northern side of Merida, by our friends Mario & Ivonne. When we received the invite for it was already 2:30 as we had been out to the Yucatan Slow Food Market earlier in the day. We […]
On Friday afternoon we had the pleasure of making kites with Chucho and his great nephew Nigel who is five years old and only speaks Spanish. I do believe Chucho was more excited about the kites than the boys, who after about five minutes of gluing sticks to paper, decided to start running around the […]
Today we undertook a grand adventure to Cuzama to see its famous cenotes. Appealing factors for visiting these cenotes is that you are taken from cenote to cenote via ‘trucks,’ which are little cars pulled along rails by horses over 7 kilometers. This is an old sisal plantation of the Yucatan and offers people a […]
Artisan Market – every Sunday (9am-9pm) An outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Plaza Grande at Santa Lucia Park & Hidalgo Park. This is a wonderful place to view local artisans and their crafts. Many booths are set up throughout the park, which is fairly well shaded by booth trees and the booths […]
Just some all round great photography! [showtime]
Today we got up and took the 35 minute bus ride to Progreso from Centro Merida for only 16 pesos each. The bus, which is considered 2nd class I believe, is actually very comfortable and has air conditioning and tv’s. Not that you want your 5 and 7 year old watching the movies they are […]
Today, we decided we would walk to the zoo, which is really just around the corner… Unfortunately I relied on my iPhone for directions and it took us on a shortcut which was almost twenty blocks out of our way, it did get us to the right street – just 20 blocks north of the […]
One of our first things to do when we arrived in Merida was to ensure our family had medical insurance. We had met Julieta Morales, who is an agent for Seguros Merida, in February on our first visit to Merida. We had sent several emails back and forth over the last few months to set […]
On Sunday we went to ‘Merida en Domingo’ in downtown Merida which is an outdoor handcraft market and food festival located in the Main Plaza and happens every Sunday. On the walk to the park I snapped some quick pictures of the width of some of the side-walks and the colorful houses along the way. […]
La Bici Ruta – every Sunday (8am-12:30pm) A stretch of more than 5 kilometers of Merida roads are closed to traffic, allowing families the opportunity to ride their bikes throughout the downtown area. The Bici Ruta goes from La Ermita de Santa Isabel, north to the San Juan Park to the Main Plaza on Calle […]
Because we could not get into our Progreso home until August 1st we decided to rent a home from Ellyne & Chucho who own Cascadas de Merida, the bed and breakfast we stayed at in February on our first visit. For guests wanting to stay longer than a week at their b&b, they have a […]
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