Why Michoacan will become Mexico’s #1 retirement destination

By Liliana Elena Gonzalez

@mexatua

Join Linda Neil and me in the one day tour & realtors®  networking session Glimpse of Michoacán, the Real México!

Why is Michoacán unique and why should a broker be interested? John Glaab (Linda´s husband) has sent me the following list:

Michoacán, the world’s avocado capital  abounds with agricultural richness [...]

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Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia- Morelia International Film Festival

By Huicho

The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM, for its acronym in spanish) is about to turn 7  and has quickly become one of the most important film  festivals in Mexico. We can just look at the fact that the winner of the short film competition will be elegible for an academy award consideration. But [...]

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Top 5 Coffee spots.

By Huicho

Hola a todos. Today I’m going to talk about some of my favorite places to have a nice cup of coffee or a hot chocolate or maybe just sit down and chat.

I’m not an expert in any subject, and I don’t pretend to be. I’m just a guy who loves his city [...]

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Morelia the Cultural Jewel in Michoacan

Plaza de las Rosas in a pleasant evening (7.50 pm) in Morelia

By Lucille Arneson

When I decided to retire, I knew I wanted some kind of an adventure offering different prospects of activity. When in college, I studied French; it seemed a natural, as after all, I was an art major [...]

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Reflections on living with violence in Mexico

Picture taken at 7.45 pm at plaza del Carmen. San José church at back.

By Linda Pierce,

As I write this, I hear the sound of helicopters overhead from my house 2 blocks from the main plaza in Morelia. It is been a frequent sound all day today, a not surprising sound after [...]

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Morelia World Heritage Site

By Liliana Rodriguez

Before the Spanish Conquer, the region that is now Morelia was known as Guayangareo valley and it was inhabited by a native group called the pirindas. The city was founded in 1541, but it received de name of Valladolid until 1577. In 1582, it replaced Patzcuaro as Capital of the Province [...]

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Talk to me about retiring in Mexico

Read a lot of comments from foreigners living in the Patzcuaro and Morelia area.

Below are comments and thoughts from people that I have had the honor to meet. A lot of them are my friends. Thank you again to all!

My husband and I retired to Patzcuaro from Lake Oswego, Oregon in August, [...]

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