Heidelberg is located about 90km south of Frankfurt, and took me just slightly over an hour by bus.
It snowed when I was there. Here’s the scene from the window from my hostel!
Heidelberg is a beautiful small town, worth 1-2 days visit, with a Castle located up on the hills. One can also get a great view of the town from the Castle gardens.
The city of Frankfurt is quite small and could easily be visited within less than a day. Most sights are located around the Romer square and along the river.
There were a lot of foreigners in this town, likely because it is a major travel hub, but it seems there is also a high population of Asians whom had set up home here, with the number of Asian grocery stores and restaurants located just across the street from the main railway station.
Frankfurt also seems to be rebuilding and rezoning its town centre, with a few upcoming developments located close to the river.
Below are the key sights :
Romer Square and surroundings
Flying business class had been fantastic!
Personalized service with air stewardess individually taking food requests and delivering it in person, rather than out from a push cart, better food and drinks options, bigger leg space, and what I enjoyed most was being able to stretch out all the way flat and getting some good sleep.
I could get used to this lifestyle! 
On economy, I usually take an aisle seat, so that I have more space to stretch my legs, but also to get out of my seat to take a walk whenever I want.
For the business class seat, I was assigned a window seat, which was great, as I got to see the aerial view of Mexico one last time, and it's beautiful in the night.
Look at all the lights down below!
And here's the scene on arrival at Frankfurt Airport... Check out the snow! I had seen snow before but this must be the first time I had seen it so close to the runway.
It was 2 degree when I arrived, I better get used to this cold quickly, as it's forecast to reach -6 degrees later in the week with more snow.
*Gulp*!
Still recovering from my stomach infection, I spent the first few days staying indoors. I could hardly eat and my diet was made up of just a couple fruits the entire day.
Even the smell of food made me feel like puking. No fun being sick on a trip 
Thankfully I started showing signs of getting better yesterday, partially helped by herbal drinks, which Emilio and his brother Barry made for me when I first arrived at their house.
It’s a good thing I had covered a number of the key sights on my earlier stays in Mexico city, and only had a couple more “to-do’s” on my list.
I have the strangest luck and encounters with Mexico airport. Checking into my flight on Lufthansa, the counter staff actually told me I need a visa to go into Europe, or a return ticket.
Completely bizarre, considering that I had flown to Europe countless of times, and never had this issue – Okay, I always had a return ticket. But I also had friends who had been to Europe and had no return ticket booked!
What are these people thinking? That I will seek refugee status?!?
It took the team a fair bit of time and some additional questions before I finally got my boarding ticket.
And when I did, I was pleasantly surprised – Business class seat! Whoopee! I got a free upgrade.
Not a bad way for making up for the trauma they put me through :p
I wish I could had said I enjoyed my stay in San Miguel de Allende. Unfortunately I was stuck in the dorm for most part of the time I was there.
Thankfully the hostel I stayed in was really comfortable, with even a flat screen TV with cable channels (including English programmes) in front of my bed, and only 1 other girl in the same dorm while I was there.
I had arrived into the city with a high fever, and the next day, it had morphed into a stomach infection, with numerous runs to the toilet and also vomiting. I had tried self medicating for over a day, but when that didn't seem to have any improvement, I went to see a doctor.
This was an experience on its own as I had never been to the doctor in this part of the world, and having to explain myself in Spanish.
A sympathetic looking doctor, Dr Mario, in his late 40s or early 50s was waiting in his room for patients.
As I walked in, I made a disclaimer to Dr Mario that I only knew a little Spanish and went about telling my story on why I was there. Thankfully the words for fever and diarrhoea and vomit are very similar in the Spanish language, so the key message got across OK.
Dr Mario asked if I had eaten something wrong, or if I was unused to spice, but told him that I only had a bowl of soup the day before and we are used to taking spicy food in Singapore.
Dr Mario said there were a lot of inflammation and gas in my stomach and will prescribe a strong antibiotic, which I will have to take over the next 8 days as well as another medication for the diarrhoea and fever.
The cost of the consultation, MXP35 (SGD2.50), probably the cheapest doctor visit I had ever been to, and a doctor with the neatest handwriting I had ever seen!
I brought the prescription to the pharmacy located next door, and even the medication was cheap at MXP267 (SGD18.70).
The sights that I did get to see in San Miguel de Allende, were mostly confined to the direction where the doctor is located as well as the main square, which was just 2 streets from the hostel.
Streets were all cobblestone paths and lined with numerous shops selling boutique line clothing and jewellery (aka pricier but refine stuff), and plenty of art galleries.
The iconic monument within the main square was the Cathedral, a Gothic style design with a grandeur of its own.
It’s easy to see why everyone who had been to Guanajuato, loves this city.
Filled with numerous European flavoured monuments in the historic centre, pedestrian only narrow cobblestone alleyways, and numerous colourful houses built up on the hillside, with amazing vibes and music filling the air at all times.
It’s beautiful during the day to stroll down the streets, but also at night when all the major neoclassical and baroque style colonial architecture buildings get litted up in a way which enhances its beauty.
I am so in love with Guadalajara. There's so much beauty in this area.
Guadalajara is the 2nd largest city in Mexico, after Mexico City. Though it's the 2nd largest, it is less crowded and not "in your face" as compared to Mexico City, and a lot cleaner too. There is also a good balance of city and nature here.
It's surprising there is very little information about this city online, and because of that, I had only allocated 2 full days here, when one could easily keep occupied with about a 4 to 5 days stay.
Downtown area is easily worth spending at least 2 to 3 days, and filled with numerous beautiful colonial buildings with a great vibe.
Guadalajara Cathedral, Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Liberacion, Palacio de Gobierno, Plaza de Guadalajara, Mercado Libertad, Institute Cultural Cabañas are just some of the sights the downtown has to offer, and more.
Mariachis are said to had started in Guadalajara, so it’s not uncommon to find some singing in the Mercados or on the streets.
It's New Year's Eve, and what better way to celebrate New Year’s by drinking the Mexican national drink, tequila from 12 noon?
No, I am not an alcoholic, but I am in the district of Jalisco, which is also where the town of Tequila is located and where all the world's Tequila is made.
It's been a very long day of not so smooth sailing travel, lasting over 12 hours. Enough for me to travel from Singapore to Europe!
First, I had taken an Uber from my hostel in San José to the airport. As we were approaching the airport, I noticed the runway and airport looked really small and had some suspicions that I was being brought to the wrong one.
That was when I realised there were 2 airports in San José, and the search in Uber had automatically pinned the destination to a smaller chartered flights only airport.
Thankfully the main international airport was in the same direction approximately 20 minutes away, rather than being located on the opposite end of the huge San José city.
Second, taking a 3hr flight from San José and bound for Mexico city airport, where I would then switched to another domestic flight to Guadalajara, I had a buffer of about 2 hours to catch my connecting flight.
Unfortunately my luggage could not be checked in through to Guadalajara at San José, and with the delay of luggage reaching the baggage claim turnstile, I had less than 30 minutes to check in for my connecting flight.
The lines were long at the check-in counters and even after getting special treatment for immediate check-in, it was already too late to check my bag in at the counters and was asked to pull my luggage to the gates directly instead, with less the 15mins before the flight is due to fly.
The airport in Mexico was rather large. Running with luggage in hand to the security counters, I was panting on arrival, while trying to explain in my broken Spanish or Spanglish why I was pulling a big bag with me.
What the staff at the check-in counter failed to tell me when I pulled my main luggage with me, was that by doing so, I would had to go through the security checks and no exemption would be given to liquids that exceeds 100ml per bottle (I had my toiletries, and even liquor in my main luggage), and other dangerous objects such as multipurpose pocket knife.
Not keen in giving those items up, and also with the security checks I had been put through, it meant that the plane would had likely taken off by the time I reach the gates.
So I decided to take a chance and went back to the counters and told the staff I wasn't allowed to pull my main luggage through security.
The staff spoke in Spanish to another staff, something which I didn't understand, and after some communication and working on the computer, he turned to me and said, "the next flight is at 10.10pm, and there will be no additional fees. Wait at the section A/B, and check the gate number closer to departure time". Phew!
But that wasn't the last of it. I could had easily miss boarding the plane, as the flight was no longer at 10.10pm, but rather 9.40pm. Thankfully I asked one of the staff as I could not locate my flight with the right timing, and was pointed to the gate.
Such a screwed up system at Mexico airport, and seems its always with Interjet that I had issues. I recall the last time I flew Interjet, they insisted that I paid for the Cuban visa, when Singaporeans don’t need one to enter the country.
I suppose things could had been worse. At least I managed to still arrive in Guadalajara on almost the same day and with no additional charges or penalty.
Before getting to the river, we were given a very hearty breakfast at the Rios Tropicales Operations Centre, comprising of Gallo pinto (rice mixed with frijoles or black beans), plantains, scrambled eggs, bread and fresh fruits. 
I left Stefano's house at 7.45am to catch the 8.07am train to the airport, which later required switching to an airport shuttle from T2 ...
