We've been living in Zihuatanejo now for over 5 years, and my parents have been to visit us a couple of times a year since we arrived. This time when mom said she was coming to visit on her own, mostly in hopes of spending quality time with our 15-month-old Trinity, I thought it was time to try something different. Over the last couple of years as the road to Morelia has been finalized, I've taken a few trips to various cities in Michoacán, the state just to the north of us. First my husband Andy and I had a romantic weekend trip to Uruapan, then later I took several road-trips to Morelia for shopping. However, my only experience of Patzcuaro was when we were nearly out of gas, and also needed a tire change, and it was closer to stop on the outskirts of Patzcuaro then to drive on to Morelia.

I decided it was time to check out Patzcuaro. I had read and heard much about it over the years, and figured it would be a fun girls' trip for my mom, Trinity and me. And it was fun, quite fun (the American "quite", meaning more fun than just fun), in spite of a couple of misadventures that we had on the way.

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