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 It’s hard to judge one incredible day from another, honestly, but not sure Robert can take a third – so glad tomorrow is our “off” day and we can actually relax just a little bit!   (Although I am thinking about the Natural History Museum…)  Up this morning about 7 (which is really late for us!) but as our Casa Jacaranda cooking class didn’t meet until 10 am, I figured a little sleeping in was permitted.   The class information had us meeting at Quentin Café , (of which there are several in town) and said they had good food, so we decided to breakfast there.   Uber only took about 7-8 minutes to get us there – not sure of the area, possibly Condesa , but it was really lovely.   We both ordered the chilaquiles, R had red sauce, and I had their green, at the waiter’s recommendation.   Turns out the green was the spicier of the two!   I also had a scrambled egg with mine.   R had coffee, and I had excellent hot chocolate, along with orang...

A day late, but we made it to Villahermosa (in the state of Tabasco ), the farthest east point on our trip – almost to Yucatan!   But to start the day … we really slept in this morning – didn’t get up until 6:40 am, which is really late for us!   But the wind outside is still truly howling!   When we got to the hotel yesterday, the door to the balcony of our room was locked, and I couldn’t figure out why!   After listening to the wind howl most of the night, I could now understand!   Wow!   When the wind blows here, it’s truly incredible!    Fortunately for us, our car was parked very close to the front door, so after a very nice buffet breakfast here at the hotel, we packed up and were on our way.   I wanted to be out by 8, but we were probably a few minutes past that.   As I had walked across the street last evening to get snacks, I figured I had done my “wind bit” so felt no compunction leaving R to put the suitcases in the trunk,...