Mexico 2024

Hello Mexico City! Since I married a surfer, my adventures to Mexico have always been to the beach. This was my first adventure to the interior and I loved every moment. My dear friend Robin invited me to join her for her milestone birthday trip with Wild Terrains and of course I happily accepted. First, I love traveling with world with the ones I love. Secondly, I absolutely adore Wild Terrains that specialized in travel for women, by women.

Day 1: Our travel day down to CDMX! The city is massive and it is the home to over 22 Million people, making it the 7th largest city in the world. We were delayed out of PDX, so we had to run to catch our MEX flight at DFW,. We got in late and on the recommendation of Raoul at the Octavia Casa, we had tacos at El Califa in Condessa.

Day #2: We set out to explore the city on foot. Our first stop was to Lardo for a delicious breakfast. Then we headed to the park to visit the museums. We landed at the Museo National de Antroplolgia and loved exploring the exhibits. In the afternoon, it was time to start our Wild Terrains Mexico City Tour … ‘Dinner came to us in the form of a cooking class hosted by one of Mexico City’s top women chefs, Mercedes Bernal. We gathered in the kitchen to learn how to make some modern Mexican dishes as a group, then we sait down for a fun dinner together.’ We enjoyed vegetarian pastor tacos with pablano romesco sauce and pineapple habanero salsa … plus the best dessert I’ve ever tasted!

Day #3: After a delicious breakfast, we were off to a jewelry workshop at Sangre de mi Sangre in a beautiful old building. Then we went to Tamales Madre for wonderful lunch.

“Tamales Madre emerged in February 2019 in the heart of CDMX. With less than 25m2 in Colonia Juárez, the Tamales Madre team works every day making nixtamal, grinding and masa to make a unique variety of tamales. Using only Creole corn and fresh, local ingredients, our tamales harken back to Mexican flavors and traditions.”

Next we toured around the neighborhood and enjoyed the shops. For dinner, we met up with Robin’s dear friend Filipe and his wife. We started with drinks at the all female bartender cocktail lounge Bar Las Brujas and then over to Blanco Colima for dinner.