I was offered a course of online Spanish classes in exchange for a review. As ever, I only write truthfully. If you choose to take classes through Lengua Y Cultura I will not receive any money or favours. I moved to Mexico in 2016 barely speaking a word of Read more…
As part of my public service works (!) during the Corona Virus Lock-In, I’m creating a series of Mexico focused quizzes. I’m in Mérida, Mexico and obviously, like the rest of the world, am not permitted to travel or even really leave my house. I’m missing life enormously, as I’m Read more…
Poor old tequila. So often misunderstood outside of Mexico. It has an unfair reputation for being gross, for getting people extremely drunk and causing the worst hangovers. Personally, I’m a big fan of tequila. It is a beautiful, highly complex and versatile alcohol with a fascinating history and it really Read more…
In love with Mexico? Sad you can’t plan a Mexico trip at the moment? Well, how about playing my Mexico based quizzes until we can get ourselves back to exploring this magnificent country? If you haven’t already signed up to follow me then I highly recommend you do, not only Read more…
A bit bored? Pining for Mexico? Broken-hearted that you had to cancel a long-awaited and much-deserved trip to Mexico? Well, sadly, I can’t help with rebooking or guaranteeing that you’ll be back here soon but I can try and help alleviate the withdrawal pains for you with a series of Read more…
In November 2019 I wrote this post on the Mexico Cassie Facebook page. I wrote it as a direct response to situations I was seeing and hearing about where people in the service industry in Mexico were feeling sad, hurt and/or annoyed about hearing people complain about Mexico and the Read more…
Are you looking for delicious vegan options in Mérida? The city has great options for vegans and vegetarians despite the pandemic doing its absolute best to destroy small businesses (grrrr). Here are four locally-owned fabulous restaurants that have managed to keep going during these difficult times. Give them some love, Read more…
Tapalpa, one of Mexico’s pueblos magicos, is a small town in the Jaliscan countryside around two hours from Guadalajara. It is also stunningly beautiful and well known as a great spot for outdoor fun. Guadalajarans flock here at the weekends and, having spent some time here in the summer of Read more…
This summer I spent almost a month exploring around Guadalajara with my kids just so I could write the very best series of articles about things to do in Guadalajara with kids. That´s clearly not true at all. We went to Guadalajara, in Jalisco (and Colima) because I wanted to Read more…
Merida is one of the fastest growing cities in Mexico, it’s also currently a very ‘on trend’ vacation destination and living in Merida is currently A Very Cool Thing To Do*. People are flocking to Merida from all around the world; relocating and vacationing. Many of the people moving to Read more…