San Miguel de Allende is a great Pueblo Magico to visit for a weekend from Mexico City.
Category Archives: 4 day weekend
Bacalar and Mahahual
A perfect weeklong holiday split between the lagoon of Bacalar and the warm sea of Mahahual.
La Paz
La Paz, Mexico in the Baja California is a great beach holiday for fantastic food, swimming with wild life and relaxation.
Mexico City 10 day itinerary
A 10-day Mexico City itinerary for markets, crafts, museums and, of course, Mexican wrestling.
Oaxaca
The city of Oaxaca is a perfect weekend or week long excursion for delicious food, beautiful architecture, market towns and artesania.
Cerro Castillo 4 day hike
Cerro Castillo in Aysen is a wonderful four-day hike. Be prepared to be self-sufficient as you hike up and down mountain passes, through woods and along ridges. With beautiful views along the way.
Puebla, México
A perfect getaway from Mexico City, Puebla has everything for the family — food, pottery, historic streets and a huge pyramid in nearby Cholula.
Chilean Beaches
One of the advantages of being a long, skinny country stretching down between the Pacific and the ribs of the Andes, is that Chile has a Pacific coastline of 4,270 km // 2,653 mi. That’s as long as driving from Vancouver to Ottawa! With a width of only 90 km in some places (and a …
10 tips to get kids hiking
My husband and I have spent most of our holidays hiking and camping. When our children came along it was an important family activity. Our middle child was born with Down’s Syndrome and our youngest was born with hydrocephalus and a weaker left side. We really thought our hiking days as a family would be …
Entertaining children in lockdown
It’s September and we are currently experiencing a lifting of the lockdown in Santiago. Where we live, we can leave our houses Monday to Friday, but we can’t leave on the weekend and we can’t leave the city at all. We have completed 23 weeks of online home learning (as our school year runs March …
Come From Away 