Annie, first of all, if you ever want to visit Mérida, mi casa es su casa. We live in a fab, fancy, renovated colonial home but in an every day Méxican neighborhood. It is safe. It is cordial. We welcome you, though not in April through July – it is hotter than hell and we go away if possible (Covid makes it difficult).

We lived in Vermont for a time. In Fayston. In some ways I regret the fact we ever left. In the best of both worlds, Vermont and Yucatán are THE places to be if one wants to live a tranquil but enriched life.