Blog 2: holidays sweet holidays

I love vacations, especially summer holidays because of the sunny days, the beach and the evenings with friends. 

I also have a birthday during the summer vacations, so I usually celebrate with my little family. So for my 15th birthday, my grandma and mom decided that we would save money to travel, no presents, no party, but for me it was the best birthday present. 

So in December 2016 we traveled to Mexico, we stayed two weeks and celebrated Christmas there. We stayed in Mexico City, which is a huge city. We went to the Templo Mayor museum, the Soumaya museum and Frida Kahlo's house, seeing all those works live was wonderful. We went to the handicraft markets of the city, there were "alebrijes", that are fantastic and colorful creatures, wooden cherubs, Mexican silver jewelry, and millions of other things. 

We also went to Teotihuacan and I was able to see the pyramids of the sun and the moon. We went to Xochimilco which is an area of canals in Mexico City, where they are transported through small boats called "trajineras" where you could eat and see the houses and islands. 

Finally, we were able to go to a nearby city called Taxco, considered a magical town, with a similar Mediterranean architecture, white houses, with tiles, balconies and wooden windows, colonial style, with narrow streets with cobblestones and many slopes.

It was a beautiful trip, it was the first time I left Chile and made a trip so far away, I have very nice memories with my grandmother and my mother, who loved Mexico for its handicrafts. Besides, I feel privileged to know the art and culture of the colorful Mexico. 

That's all!, regards.

Teotihuacan

Templo Mayor Museam

Little me in Templo Mayor Museam

Outside to the Soumaya Museam

Xochimilco

Streets of Taxco

Taxco

Comentarios

  1. Romina Lazo1 de octubre de 2021 a las 12:10

    Wow what a nice trip, it seems very beautiful. Did you buy any mexican souvenir? :D

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  2. Magdalena Vásquez Segura14 de octubre de 2021 a las 7:58

    yes!! I bought some small ceramic skulls painted like the Catrina and an alebrije like a coyote <3

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  3. martina3 de noviembre de 2021 a las 16:48

    It's really cool you have a lot of great pictures from the trip!!

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