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🇲🇽 Mexico

Color, music, and the warmest welcome you've ever felt.

A typical day

Start with chilaquiles and a splash of salsa, weave through markets full of papel picado and piñatas, and end the day around a plaza where mariachis tune their guitars.

Food we love

Tacos

Soft tortillas with anything delicious tucked inside.

Mole

A rich sauce with chiles, spices, and a tiny bit of chocolate.

Pan de muerto

Sweet bread baked for Día de los Muertos.

Music & dance

Mariachi trumpets, son jarocho, and lively cumbia mexicana.

A word to take home

"Órale"

Means: Wow! / Let's go! · OH-rah-leh

Little customs to know

  • 01

    Día de los Muertos celebrates loved ones with marigolds and ofrendas.

  • 02

    Piñatas at birthdays — seven points for the seven deadly sins, broken with joy.

  • 03

    Tortillas are torn and used as little edible spoons.

Books from Mexico 🇲🇽

Lupita y el Día de los Muertos book cover Mexico

A night of marigolds, memories, and a little pan de muerto.

£24

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