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Alphabetic town and related food game

Toluca. A city about 1 hour west of Mexico City, 2,600 mts (8,600 ft) above sea level. That was not my final destination, however; rather, an hacienda a little further out, at 3,200 mts (10,500 ft), where I'd been signed up to undergo a "Team Work Course" . The course director was an astonishing, inspiring man called Carlos Carsolio. We arrived at about 9am and the altitude struck us. We sat on the terrace, he introduced himself, and then served us a round of tequila. And a second! That week was Mexican food, all the way.
Taxco is a delightful town about 3 hours southwest of Mexico City, which we visited after a gruelling week in Toluca. The town was built around the silver mines there. Can't for the life of me remember what I ate, but we walked through an indigenous market where people were waving tortillas and packets of stink bugs at us. They filled their tacos with meat, fresh chiles and a few bugs for good measure.
Tequesquitengo (20 years later) is a lake resort, about 2 hours from Mexico City, which we went to for New Year when my son lived in Mexico. The entire family was there because that's where we baptised my first grandson. That week (since the kids were there) we ate chilaquiles, tacos, and BBQ about 3 times a day.
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