A Surprise in the Yucatan This spring I found myself stranded in Mexico. I know--all sorts of connotations there. But this was one of those "can't make this stuff up" experiences, one that actually resulted in good things once I focused on finding them. This blog is one of those results, and hopefully also one of those good things. I live in Italy, in a town called Sesto Fiorentino, a suburb of Florence. I retired here nearly five years ago. Each year I like to spend a couple of months in the Western Hemisphere, usually Central America, where I can conveniently visit family in the States or have them take a vacation to visit me. This year I almost didn't make the trip. I'd only recently returned from a 14-month world cruise circumnavigating the globe, and I was still getting settled back into Italia. But I still wanted to see family, too. Costa Rica has been my go-to, but this year someone suggested Merida, Yucat...
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