A young boy climbs a cacao tree to pick a ripe pod for us! On Saturday we met a cacao farmer down here in Soconusco, Chiapas, named Don Isidro. He took us to meet his family and have dinner with them. The day started by meeting him at a highway gas station. Since we were late, [...] Read more »
Last week we visited a chocolate shop called Tout Chocolat in the Condessa neighborhood of Mexico City. It took some work to get there: dragging the kids through the busy Mexico City subway system was no fun, neither was getting turned around several times before getting the map right. We were hot, tired and disgruntled [...] Read more »
Churreria “El Moro” The first thing we did when we got to Mexico City was go for churros and hot chocolate. Mexico City is crowded and hectic and I couldn’t face it without some ammunition. El Moro is an old school Churreria that’s been around since 1934. The atmosphere is no nonsense cafeteria style with [...] Read more »
[This is our first post from the road. To read about the background of our trip, please click here.] We arrived in New York on Oct. 2nd after leaving Edmonton, and this evening we fly to Paris. We’ve spent the last few days in Manhattan sorting ourselves out and getting mentally prepared for what will [...] Read more »