With our morning having been taken up with the ruins of El Badi and some delicious food, it was time for us to proceed on to our next stop – La Bahia Palace. It wasn’t far from where we were so it was only a couple minutes walking to arrive. Arriving at La Bahia The …
The Americas have only ever had one royal castle, and it is located in Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle stands atop a hill overlooking surrounding Mexico City within Chapultepec Park. On Towards Chapultepec Park Chapultepec park was essentially our first item on our itinerary for Mexico City. We got up early because we knew that we …
The Mexico City National Anthropology Museum is an excellent way to discover the human history of Mexico. From the dawn of the human species until the modern day, it covers everything. It was for this reason – that it would inform our travels – that I insisted the museum be one of the first places …
In the heart of Mexico City’s Centro Historico district, the ancient Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan lies the ruins of Templo Mayor. Today, what remains is only ruins, but the site was once one of the most important temples in the Aztec Empire. It is now a great look into the Aztec and Mesoamerican culture …
The House of Terror Museum in Budapest stands as a stark reminder of – and a monument to – fascist and communist regimes (and their victims) leading up to and following World War II. The museum opened in 2002 in the building used by the Arrow Cross Party, AVH (Hungarian Secret Police), and Nazi Party. House …
The Keraton Palace of Yogyakarta sits inside the Kraton – the palace city of the Sultan. The walled city houses 25,000 people, 1,000 of whom are directly employed by the Sultan. Today, the Kraton remains just as vibrant and bustling as it used to be – as it is a fully functioning city. In fact, …