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Exploring Mexico City while making lifelong friendships! See photos on page 6.
• • • November 7, 2018 UPCOMING VALLEY EVENTS!www.welcomehomergv.com BON APPETIT! Check out this week’s listings of what’s happening in the RGV! See calendar starting on page 12.
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ne of the very great things about For those of you who don’t know, wintering in South Texas is the ability Aeromar Airlines has a direct flight to see not only all the Valley has to to Mexico City out of the McAllen offer but to get away to destinations International Airport. It’s only a twowithin a few hours’ hour flight! We drive or by hopping started discussing a “We learned so much on a short flight. It’s group trip to Mexico about Mexico City! no secret that our City last year, I had no idea it is such a and last weekend Winter Texans love to travel, and they fabulous place to vacation. we were able to usually like to do it make the trip a The city is so in groups. reality. Thanks to beautiful and clean. There is something the generosity of so very special The Museum of Anthropology Aeromar, McAllen about group travel. International Airport, is world class!” You walk into it the State of Texas with people from all Mexico O f fice, • MJ Johnson, Pharr South • different walks of Sheraton Maria life who you may or may not know and Isabel Hotel, City Express Plus walk away from it with friends. This Reforma Hotel, and Mexitours, we past weekend, I had the opportunity experienced Mexico City in a way that to turn one of my bucket-list will forever be in our hearts. vacations into just that kind of a TRAVEL MEXICO friend-making trip. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 >>
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