This directory is designed to promote donations to legitimate foundations and charities benefitting residents of the State of Morelos, Mexico. N.B. Additional editing will follow. Photos provided by the organizations or copied from their websites. BECAS PARA PREPAS BPP FUNDACIÓN DON BOSCO MISSION: Financial support for graduating secondary students to remain in school and complete…
Dia de los Muertos is celebrated all over Mexico, in public places as well as private homes. Restaurants and businesses often mount ofrendas (altars with photos of the deceased, flowers, and sweet breads to welcome the spirits of the dead who return for one night each year. Cuernavaca Morelos offered a lavish celebration in the…
For the last few decades, I have always left beautiful Cuernavaca in September. There is a church fair adjacent to my home for ten or more days, celebrating the miraculous appearance of the Virgin de los Milagros in 1720. The main street is closed to traffic, creating chaos in adjoining streets, and making driving anywhere…
Photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. UPDATE: In 2000, Mr. Botero gave to Colombia artwork valued at more than $100 million, including 200 of his own works and scores of pieces by Chagall, Picasso and Dalí from his private collection. The works are now on display in the Botero Museum in Bogotá and…
All photos by the author unless otherwise noted. Click on the photos to enlarge them or view them in a series. There are just too many photos to caption one by one but I think most readers recognize a tulip or a daffodil. As I noted in my earlier post, THREE DAYS IN LONDON, (https://jimhornnews.com/2023/05/29/three-days-in-london-may-2023)…
A PRE-TOUR OF LONDON PRIOR TO JOINING A TOUR OF ENGLISH GARDENS. Twice before I was scheduled to visit gardens in England including the Chelsea Flower Show. The first time the gardens and show were included in a cruise but I had an eye hemmorhage and had to abandon ship 15 minutes before it sailed.…
A short drive from Cuernavaca, Morelos, into the mountains of the neighboring State of Mexico brings you to Truchas Los Alcatraces, a rustic trout farm/restaurant. The trout are brought in from elsewhere and held in tanks with moving water from a mountain stream. The restaurant with rustic wood furniture boasts a splendid view of the…
Eulogy by son, James J. Horn, * Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, North Tonawanda NY, November 26, 2022 Good morning. Thank you all for attending this memorial to the life of Frances Malinowski Horn. She was born in Detroit, MI, January 8, 1918. That year the Spanish flu infected 500 million people around the world,…
September 14-23, 2022 (Unless noted, all photos are by the author. Best viewed on a laptop or ipad since your cell will not do justice to the photos. Double click on photos to enlarge them. There is a link for comments at the end). After three years deprived of long-distance travel due to the pandemic,…
A spectacular deluxe restaurant opened in June 2022 in Colonia Reforma, Cuernavaca. Amid the splendor of a stunning colonial-style mansion, the tables are surrounded by lovely gardens. The site occupies an entire block at the corner of Reforma and Xochicalco, one block beyond the glorieta. There is a large parking lot, valet parking, or street…
The Cortés Palace in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico was damaged severely in a devastating earthquake on September 19, 2017. The 7.1 Richter-scale quake damaged thousands of buildings in the State of Morelos including scores of convents and other historical sites. Reconstruction of historic buildings is the job of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)…
I leave Cuernavaca every May to return to Western New York to visit family, friends, and former colleagues, and to celebrate Mother’s Day. Mom is 104 and still living independently. In the past I have usually taken advantage of being in NY to connect to JFK and fly to Europe, but I wasn’t ready for…
We are so fortunate in Cuernavaca to have such an incredible variety of outdoor dining venues. A few of the restaurants listed below have only a limited number of ourdoor tables, so be sure to phone ahead to reserve your place. Please forgive the lack of accents due to a computer glitch. Comments are welcome.…
A Vantage Deluxe Small Group Journey, Jan 29-Feb 11, 2020 Photographs are by the author unless otherwise credited. Special thanks to professional nature photographer Linda Hatfield and group leader Paula Rivera for enriching this post with their photos. Click upon a photo to…
This post is an updated version of an article published in LIVE & INVEST OVERSEAS, Feb. 13, 2013. Click on the photos to enlarge them and read the captions. N.B. As of November 1, 2021 all of the state of Morelos is on Green Light status thanks to declining cases of Covid and lower rates…
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