Our Year Away - Art, Food, Family, Magic and Adventure in the Yucatan

Moctezuma the Second was born into the ruling family of the Aztec  Empire around 1466, and quickly became a powerful general, leading many conquests that would expand the Aztec Empire across Mexico and beyond. In 1502  Moctezuma became the second Emporer of his name and was to rule the Aztecs until his death in 1520.  Maybe the most notable thing about  Moctezuma's reign was that he was the first Emporer to make contact with Cortés and the invading Spanish. He learned of Cortés' arrival long before actually meeting him, and decided to meet with the Spanish conquistador in peace, bringing him gifts and graciously overlooking the foreigner's ignorance of Aztec customs and resulting bad manners - which throws into question whether the powerful Emporer was really the indecisive, superstitious ruler that the history books describe. Never-the-less, this meeting coincided with war breaking out between the Spanish, the Aztecs, and other Mexican civilizations that w

We arrived in Mexico and lived happily ever after.  The end. Bahahahaha!!! JUST KIDDING! Before we even got to Mexico we got some great news at our departure gate in Orlando: after being checked in without comment, we were told that we could not board the plane to Cancun unless we had tickets out of Mexico. We had purchased one-way tickets as we were not sure of our plans.... but according to Jetblue, that is a no-no.  But -surprise!!!- they only tell you that right when you get to the gate, looking at your boarding passes and confusedly asking "um....why are there no seat numbers on these???" By that time I was all doped up on Lorazepam, so I wouldn't stroke-out from fear.  But I got on my smartphone and booked four random tickets from Cancun to Miami, for a random date. It's only 682 non-refundable dollars, no biggie.  Thanks, Jetblue, I know we'll become best friends. By the way, Orlando airport is creepy.  It's completely populated by angry 4-year