{"id":9826,"date":"2020-04-17T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=9826"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:34:15","slug":"mexico-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/mexico-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Mexico: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, one of Mexico\u2019s most visited monuments!<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/my.matterport.com\/show\/?m=HmmpPo3Byfx\">virtual tours of famous Mexican museums<\/a> and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Mexico include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buen D\u00eda Ramon (2013)<\/li>\n<li>A Better Life (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Spanglish (2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study how Mayans built several\u00a0cities\u00a0in the\u00a0Yucat\u00e1n\u00a0region, two of the most spectacular being Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 and Uxmal. During the 12th century, the Mayan\u00a0city-state of Mayap\u00e1n waged war against and defeated the citizens of Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1 &#8211; here&#8217;s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W7KTl4r00sI\">virtual reality video<\/a> to explore the site from your home.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Under the Volcano <\/em>by Malcom Lowry<\/li>\n<li><em>The Underdogs<\/em> by Mariano Azuela<\/li>\n<li><em>The Conquest of Mexico<\/em> by Hugh Thomas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastemade.com\/classes\/in-the-kitchen-mexican-cooking\">virtual cooking class<\/a> with your travel group or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try chilaquiles, pozole, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylatinatable.com\/how-to-make-authentic-mexican-tamales\/\">tamales<\/a>, enchiladas, or chile rellenos.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/es\/en\/Learn-Spanish\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about buying souvenirs and chatting with locals). Then, learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6r7_xWb_Bd8\">order some of your favorite Mexican dishes<\/a> in Spanish.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mexico has 69 official languages! Plus, the state of Jalisco is famously known as the birthplace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v_lWo0bPHOw\">mariachi<\/a> (traditional Mexican folk music).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meet Your Partner in Travel<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Natalie\u2019s family is from Jalisco, Mexico. She uses her spare time to learn how to cook the traditional dishes her mom would make the family when she was a young girl.\u00a0 Natalie maintains her love of all things Mexican by scouring Virginia for authentic Mexican restaurants!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1, one of Mexico\u2019s most visited monuments! Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous Mexican museums and more. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Mexico include: Buen D\u00eda Ramon (2013) A <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/mexico-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9862,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9826","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10233,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9826\/revisions\/10233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}