Valladolid

Valladolid was founded in 1543 by Francisco de Montejo, and named after the capital of Spain at that time.

Cenote X’Canché

A cenote is a sinkhole filled with water. They are everywhere in the Yucatán.

I was elated to find that in actuality, each one of these selling points turns out to be absolutely true, and more so than I was even hoping for.

Once we were well on our way to the center of the peninsula, Andre said, “It feels like our vacation finally started.”

Whew! We did it. And I pulled it off as Captain.

This post wraps up the stuff I wanted to talk about from Pedro’s work trip to D.C. that I didn’t fit in an earlier post.

If one museum is booked for the day, it’s really no concern when you are on the National Mall. Another museum is only steps away.

I hadn’t looked for it before. But now that it’s there, it feels really good.

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

Right in the middle of it all, we visited our Nation’s Capital.