On the last day of the year 2018, Andrea and I decided to go with two other friends to a small town called Calvillo. This town is apperantly a magical town. The main square is built in the 18th century. Calvillo is about 58km from Aguascalientes city and lays within the state of Aguascalientes. Calvillo is the largest guava producer in Mexico and famous for its superb confectionery and liqueurs made from this fruit, which you can sample at the…
1. Call regularly Without doubt, calling your significant other is priority number one. Calling everyday is a very good practice. You will hear your significant other’s voice and even if there is not too much to talk about, even the silence can be a relief. For example ourself try to call eachother during working breaks, and when just before bed. Huge time differences will of course make it harder to align those calls. But 30 minutes per day is better…
Sometimes you are a little bit sceptical regarding new animations, especially when its a Sony/Marvel animation. However I soon learned that this movie is all worth it. It’s new, the graphics are truly amazing and the story line is very good too. Spoiler warning! The movie starts of with some very cool credits and after that the comic-ish style of the film comes very alive. With the introduction of our well known spiderman the movie shifts it’s focus towards Miles….
If you love Transformers, then Bumblebee is of course a must watch, if you like a story with lots of comedy, action and an awesome 80’s theme, then this movie is for you too! Spoilers ahead! Bumblebee is the story of our beloved jellow warrior, the beginning takes us to the world Cybertron, just a tiny bit but enough to understand what is about to happen. The Autobots are in a losing war with the Decepticons and Bumblebee (B-127), is…
It’s the end of the year and a Disney Remake of an all time classic is of course a must watch right? Or is it? Mary Poppins Returns is an very well remake/sequel of the 1964’s Mary Poppins with an all new cast (And a return of some still living legends). With very nice songs that make sure your feet are tapping along. However it does not archieve the orginal success movie by some margin sadly. Spoilers ahead! Set in…
For our second day in Guadalajara we decided to visit the Jose Cuervo factory in Tequila, Mexico. Where they make the famous and delicous tequila we all know. This is part of a tour, which you can book here. We woke up at 7am to had a quick breakfast at the hotel, from there we took a taxi (From the city center to the Guadalajara Expo will cost around 180 Peso’s). From there on we took a very luxerious train….
After spending a bit of time in Aguascalientes, we planned to go 4 nights to the city of Mariachi and Tequila, also known as Guadalajara. Guadalajara is located in the lower west of Mexico, close to Puerto Valarta. It’s an imense city for European standards with around 5 million people living here. We took the bus (Like a tour bus) from Aguascalientes and it took around 3 hours to go there. We booked a hotel in the city center. And…
After months and months of antipication it was finally time to go to Mexico again! On Sunday 16 December I went to Amsterdam Schiphol airport. However my flight had been delayed by 2 hours already, so instead of 22:25 departure, it was moved to 00:20. Not a problem at all since I had to wait at Mexico City airport for around 9 hours anyway. We finally boarded at around 1:30am, at Aeromexico airlines flight AM26. The flight to Mexico City…
Because I missed Andrea, I decided to visit her again in March 2018, I would fly to Mexico City again from Dublin via Paris. However due to a snowstorm, my flight got canceled 4 times, I should have been there on a wednesday, I arrived on a monday next week. However, words cannot describe how happy I was once I finally fell in Andrea’s arms. I missed her so much and now finally I would visit Mexico for the 2nd…
Andrea never had been in the Hague before, she only had been in Amsterdam once. So what is better then showing her the whole in Netherlands but then in the small? Madurodam is a small park where you can visit the whole of the Netherlands in just one single day. They also have some very nice attractions that will teach you about the history of the Netherlands and even the beginning of New Amsterdam (New York). Madurodam is founded by…
Time to get back to Mexico City, in a few days it is time to say eachother goodbye, so we decided to visit the Soumaya (Owned by Carlos Slim). We also walked around and admired the amazing views. The Soumaya is a museum from the rich Mexican Carlos Slim, he put his own private collection inside the museum. The entrance is free. The building itself is really cool, inside there is plenty to see too. There is also a shopping…
After Andrea and I visited Guanajuato, we went to the home town of Andrea, Aguascalientes! Located around 6 hours driving from the north of Mexico city, lies a city with around 1 million people living there. Aguascalientes. The city center has a very colonial style and this is also what the city is known for. Furthermore there is also a museum of the dead. We visited this museum, and it’s very interesting. It is generally a very large collection of…
After visiting the great Mexico City, we went by bus to Guanajuato, around a 5 hour drive to the north from Mexico City. Guanajuato is a colorful city filled with narrow streets, they even a an alley of love! Sadly I got sick, probably Montezuma’s revenge, however I tried to explore as much as possible with Andrea, after resting (and vomiting a lot), we took it easy and explored what we were able too. Hidden away there is a small…
Mexico City (Ciudad de Mexico), is a huge sprawling city with over 20 milion people living there. Even though it’s a huge city, the city is very diverse with different types of cultures. One time you’re in the middle of Manhattan (Huge buildings and skyscrapers) and suddenly you are in a small Venice. Mexico city is very colorful! More than I ever expected it to be. In the historic city center, we visited the palace of arts (Bellas Artes) a…
I always wanted to visit the ancient site of Teotihuacan, this place is an ancient city named after where gods are born. It’s really stunning what mankind were able to built over 2000 years ago. There are two main Pyramids, (Not actually Pyramids, since they are not hollow buildings). They are massive buildings mostly used to human and animal sacrifice. One is the temple of the sun, and another temple (the one in the middle) is called the pyramid of…