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Hey you guys! Keep up the great work! I am proud of you! I believe you are one of only a few Americans of Mexican descent that are doing what you are doing! As an American of Mexican descent, it means alot to me. Both of my parents were from Juchipila, Zacatecas. When asked by people where am from, I aways respond from here. (I reside in CA). I tell others my family was here before this was called California and before it was Mexico. We are NOT immigrants, the US Border crossed US. Viva La Raza! 🇲🇽💪❤️🙏🍺
I enjoyed this video. I met my wife in Zacatecas in '94 when I was conducting some systems classes for the then Holiday Inn in Zacatecas. I was there several weeks and I loved the experience--an 'outside museum' as you described. Some hotel employees took my colleague and I dancing at La Mina, and your video is the only photographic memory I've seen of it. My wife was not a hotel employee--since they were my client, my intention was not to go to Mexico and find a wife, obviously. My wife worked for Mexicana which had an office downtown, steps from the cathedral, and we met just because she was working there, and I felt comfortable with the way she helped my colleague and I, so I started to tell her about how we were sent out of Washington DC to teach the staff at the Holiday Inn there, and I teased her and told her she was the only beautiful woman I met in Zacatecas who spoke perfect English and how I wish she had been with my colleague and I as a guide during our stay. Knowing my colleague and I were flying in two days to Huatulco, my soon to be wife called me the next day and invited me to the Quinta Real and an evening walk thru the city sights, explaining like you the history. We agreed to go out the next day. Fast forward to 2023--our daughter, a Masters student in International Studies, turns 23 this year. My wife moved with me from Zacatecas first to the Napa Valley, where I was raised, then to Phoenix, where we've lived since she came to the US permanently in '95. I am from Chicago and also, as a business traveler, went thru O'Hare often and coincidentally, my wife was in Chicago just two months before I met her in Zacatecas, and I was in Illinois traveling thru Chicago at the same time to work for a Holiday Inn in Springfield. So I felt that sooner or later, we were just bound to meet, and we were like and always have been like twins, finishing each other's sentences, I think because of my own Latin (Italian) upbringing, we approach life the same but were just different enough to be interesting to each other. Sadly we had to separate when my work, which always made me nomadic, forced me to leave Arizona for two years and we felt her career here was too important for her to give up. But we still meet up, neither one of us ever remarrying, entwined as soulmates because our daughter we share melts our hearts. Zacatecas found me, a business traveler with no time for dating, an unexpected chance to marry and become what I always dreamed to be, more important than a career, a Papa. Mexicana was kind enough to pay for my air fare so I could visit my wife, flying from California or from a client between business trips, so we became a local legend in Zacatecas and also my home office in Washington DC with our unbelievable, fairy tale story.
@@annastayziaa thank you! We’ve been trying to learn from our mistakes and from our mistakes and grow our techniques and stories. Feel free to always provide any suggestions.
Wow. Thank you so much. My mom's side of the fam is from Zacatecas. Thanks for continuing to include historical facts on the places you visit. It's super helpful for us Mexicans in the U.S. to know about our rich history.
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Awesome video! My mom was born and grew up in Torreon, Coahuila but her parents, my maternal grandparents, are from the state of Zacatecas. Their families have been living in pueblos on the border of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi northeast of the city of Zacatecas since at least the 1790s. My great-grandmother actually lived on her ranch in Zacatecas up until a couple years ago. She had to move here because cartel members threatened to kill her if she didn't give them money. Unfortunately, she passed away a couple months ago. I'm so grateful that I got to meet her. Always happy to learn more about the great state of Zacatecas.
QDEP tu abuelita 🕊 I'm sorry for your loss, but you're lucky to have met your great-grandmother. My grandmother died when I was 2 and only have pictures as memories. The cartel situation in Zacatecas is pretty bad, sorry to hear she had to leave her home because of that. It's a reason people continue to leave my mom's hometown, too.
it's my home state! It's where my mom grew up and we visited often while I was growing up. It feels the same as if you told me "I admire your bravery to visit Chicago" 😆😅 but I do get where you're coming from, it's a rough state..
@@EatBailaTravel Oh I see. Sorry if I'm being biased, it's just I saw a horrific video from Zacatecas 😬😬 but I suppose there's evil everywhere in the world
3:23 is the Opera Cafe. I had my morning espresso there while amiga was getting ready for the day at Meson de Jobito. We were there in Dec 2018. Enchanting at night.
Thank you for watching we are all about sharing our learning experiences in culture, food and most importantly mexican history that we have never learned about. We recommend checking out our La Malinche video it is still by far one of our favorite videos!
Loved Zacatecas. My husband and I visited in March 2009. Great memories. Beautiful churches, museums, restaurants. Took a ride in the teleferico and visited the mines. Had dinner at "Los Dorados de Villa". Stayed at the stunning "Hotel Santa Rita" with amazing views of the cathedral at night form our balcony. Great video. Thank you!
Aren't the views so beautiful? Especially at night! Laura we are glad you enjoyed our video we hope you visit again since 2009 is a while back! saludos!
@@EatBailaTravel would love to but headed to other parts of Mexico first. Forgot to say that Zacatecans are lovely people. Very friendly and helpful. We experienced it, first hand. Upon arrival, could not find our hotel as the hotel street was one way. We asked a nice lady for directions and she said, I will take you. She was a store owner and drove with us until we found our hotel. Just amazing! That is kindness and hospitality!
With my family ties to Zacatecas, thank you for your beautiful and historical presentation of the state and city of Zacatecas. Viva Mexico and Viva Zacatecas 🇲🇽 (Also based on some quick searches the architecture is as old as far as 16th century but fun fact over the years the material used for some buildings get a new coat to support the foundation for some buildings it may look old but not as old as 16th century old lol)
Thank you for commenting Gerardo! Thank you for the information on the architecture that is very interesting. From a glance we would've just thought it's been like that since forever lol. We are glad you enjoyed our take on Zacatecas. Arriba Zacatecas! We wish you the best all they way back to Cicero! Saludos
Lo que me hase mas triste de ustede es que si van a aser algo sobre nuestro México aganlo en español como mis hijos estoy orgulloso de que ablan el español creo que mejor que yo que soy de zac 💖
Another home run video. You two seriously have one of the best YT travel channels on Mexico. Love your chemistry with each other. Your personalities are a good match and make the video informative and funny.
Ali thank you so much for the positive comments and motivational boost as always! We truly appreciate it, we do have a question for you do you have any ideas for us as to how to generate more comments? It's an area in which we need to get better at. saludos! thanks for stopping by!
We are glad you liked it. We will be vlogging on a lot place most vloggers don't vlog about/ Mostly because we will documenting on our mexican roots and those places that are rural towns and villages. We hope you enjoy our content if you ever have any suggestions feel free to comment
Awesome video ! My wife and I used to drive down to Guadalajara from Texas where we currently live now . Once we had a car issue and wound up staying a day and night in Zacatecas . We're planning a trip there soon as it's one of the cities in Mexico where we're planning to retire to . Please keep doing what you are doing , thanks again .
Thats awesome my mom and grandparent's are also from Zacatecas. Fresnillo to be exact. I havent been there in over 10 years. Maybe its time to visit again. Good to see u know your history. That's what more Chicano's need. They need to learn thier Chicano & Mexican/Indigenous history & culture.
Thank you for watching! Reconnecting with our roots has been a beautiful experience. 10 years is quite some time, we will say that Fresnillo right now might not be a great place to visit.It sounds like they have some violence concerns as of lately. But Zacatecas and Jerez are still great places to come hang out.
We love you guys! Thanks for the great videos. We are very much looking forward to the next one as we too are planning on moving to Mexico 🇲🇽 next year. Brian and Doraly
Brian and Doraly thanks so much for the love! Let us know if you ever have any questions or suggestions we’d be more than happy to help. We were supposed to post our vlog on Monday(our normal day) but due to some travel delays we weren’t able to upload on time. We are hoping to post this week if not for sure the upcoming Monday.
That band is jammin'! And the drummer is KILLIN' it!!! And so is the architecture. Wow! Don't quote us, but we're gonna say 17th/18th century for Baroque. Really interesting and as you said, complicated history. There are so many beautiful things in this video, can't wait to see more of "your" Zacatecas. (correction: those bandS are killing' it!)
Thank you for watching we're glad you enjoyed the music. One of the bands is related to Jenny. We felt like we couldn't do a video without it's tamborazo the video would be so off with any other music lol.
Great question about Profirio Diaz! He was a dictator but he did leave behind the Palacio des Bellas Artes. He brought Art and culture to Mexico while ignoring the poor. What was interesting is that when he was finally run out of the country he famously said "You released the tiger, but can you control it?" I think there were maybe 30 years of chaos (war) after he left. Looking at other countries, sometimes dictators or kings can be a good thing. Look at the middle east. Democracy is not for everyone. Look at Haiti or half of the countries in Africa. The problem is not form of government, but corruption. There are good dictators and bad dictators. There are good presidents and bad presidents.
💯 super well said! It’s not a simple answer because humans and societies are not simple. We are very very complex lol but I do really like your points here 👍🏽
Awesome tour and loved the history about Mexico. Took some classes on Mexican history in grad school, and really enjoyed your video. Do agree on Porfirio Diaz, I think that the Spanish colonialism greatly had influence on many major political decisions to include the generational divides based on race and class. I believe that happened here without a doubt, as porfirio Diaz sought to build the country as a regional power alongside the US. His development and partnerships came at a large cost however, as it did largely benefit the upper class in the country. Even with that, a lot of his business and economic dealings benefitted the United States even more! I could talk about this in detail, but it would use up too much space haah. To summarize, I think of Porfirio Diaz as a product of Spanish Colonialism, mismanagement in a time of constant conflict, and greed. He did however help in building some critical railroads in the country which helped the country develop and grow through commerce.
Hola buenos días, nos da gusto que le guste nuestros videos. Vamos empezar a ser ciertos videos en español. Pero por mientras le ponemos mucho esfuerzo a los subtítulos. Cuando tenga oportunidad vea nuestro video La Malinche esta muy bonito!. Saludos amigo buen dia!
Great video guys and we will have to visit Zacatecas someday to see the silver mines and museums there. We are in San Miguel de Allende 3 more days, then off to CDMX for 5 days of sightseeing. Keep up the good work and we look forward to see your vlogs!
Thank you so much for watching. Have you been to mines in Guanajuato? We wonder how they differ from Zacatecas. Also, make sure to bring warm clothes to Zacatecas it can get super chilly!
@@EatBailaTravel You're always welcome and no - didn't visit the mines. It will only be in the high 60's in Mexico City the next few days while we are there and we are prepared - as always!
Awesome video! My husband is from Zacatecas so I have been there and I love it! It’s so beautiful 😊 this video made me want to go back! Great job guys 👌
Great historical background! I've been in Zacatecas all summer. It's been very interesting! Wikipedia says it's a Baroque facade on the front of the Basicilica and this is the third iteration of the building. The first in 1568, second in 1625 and the current one in 1752 (so 18th century).
Nice video! The city of Zacatecas is actually a World Heritage Site. A Zacatecano by birth, I have been there many times and marvel at the beauty and the state/city's complex and bloody history, some of which continues today.
I’m so glad you like it! The genre is Mexican Banda music. The tamborazo and Banda genres are more popular in the North-Central part of Mexico, especially in Zacatecas 😊 it’s the music my family grew up with, the kind of live music groups we hire for all our parties ❤🥰 some upper class Mexicans look down upon this style of Mexico because of its humble, rural origins.
Good video but i would also like to hear more about whats its like live there, the vibe, is it dangerous, how does it compare to other cities you have visited thus far, hows the food!
We will be doing some videos come December on places we’ve been and where we would like to live. But right now we have some videos on Merida, Orizaba, Guanajuato, and Querétaro. We haven’t considered Zacatecas as a place to live just to visit
Great video! Some other places that you can check out while in Zacatecas City are: 1. La camara oscura as it is the only one of its kind in all of Mexico and most modern in the continent. 2. Quinta Real Zacatecas, old plaza de toros turned hotel to enjoy the scenery and dine even if you don’t book with them. 3. Zip lining from el Cerro de la Bufa 4. La quemada ancient ruins about a 40 minute drive south from the city. Hope this helps!
Saludos Luis! thank you for watching our video. We started look up the places you suggested and La Camara Oscura is SUPER INTERESTING. We would have never known about it so thank you! La Quinta looks amazing and it gaves us some great ideas for filming so thank you again. We did see the zip lining from el cerro and it looks intense. All your suggestions did come in handy thank you so much!
Did you say you had a short history video & a history book to recommend? Can’t find it in the description. Another fine video & I *really* respect your saying that you don’t feel you’ve learned enough to give an opinion. I wish more people on social media were like that!
YES! sorry about that we completely forgot to add to the description. We just added them and here they are. Thank you so much for the comment! The Mexican Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Mexican Civil War and How Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Impacted Mexico (Captivating History) by Matt Clayton The Mexican Revolution Explained in 10 Minutes Video (Captivating History) th-cam.com/video/A0GewC8nQwc/w-d-xo.html
It's is such a beautiful city we have been here two weeks and like it a lot. Our only concern is the weather we love the hot weather and it doesn't get very hot here due to the altitude
I’m so proud of you two By the way you made me really sad Because I’ve been preparing to get my Mexican citizenship… my grandparents were born in Zacatecas. But you burst my bubble ( but saved me a trip to the consulate) Anyway I’m so impressed with you guys I love your content. You are so articulate… Another side note. You should plan to go to our favorite salsa venue… la bodeguita del medio in puerto Vallarta. You’ll love it. You guys should visit the salsa venues in Mexico and do videos on each… just a thought. Keep up the good work. Thank you
This is such a great video! It’s my first time seeing anything about Zacatecas. What a beautiful city with an interesting history. Recently a friend who’s husband is from there (apparently their rancho is next to Antonio Aguilar’s) invited me to travel there with her because she knows I love visiting archeological sites and mentioned La Quemada. Thanks for helping me decide I should definitely go. Keep up the good work on these videos!
We are happy that you enjoyed our video hopefully you can help us share with others who might be interested. We like to take the off-beaten paths and reconnect with our roots. We feel like we might be the only mexican-american travel vloggers out there so we need to make sure we do this right! Jenny's family is also from a rancho near Antonio Aguilar do you happen to know the name by any chance? Thank you for stopping by we hope we can keep producing content that interests you. Feel free to always stop by to leave comments and suggestions!
@@EatBailaTravel yes. The family name is Rodela/Hurtado. I LOVE that you are repping us! There are many other TH-camrs that don’t speak on the history and mostly complain. Your content keeps getting better! Hope to meet you two en el camino one day!
Thank you so much! We just learned in Zacatecas they don't call them esquites here they actually call them Chaskas. It's fun to learn these things while traveling. Saludos!
Hola Zaira! Muchas gracias por ver nuestro video! Ojalá y te gusto el video, pronto irémos a Monterrey! Así que si tienes algunas recomendaciones son super bienvenidas! Buen dia 😊
@@EatBailaTravel demasiados lugares muy lindos y la comida ni se diga sino comes cabrito no as venido a monterrey así que cuando se den una vuelta a monterrey nuevo león tiene que probarlo un saludo.
Didn’t know this was such a lovely historical city with different types of architecture, did I see an Edwardian style house 🏠 in one of the scenes? My opinion on Porfirio Diaz, known as a 30 yr. dictator where his Porfiriato was a product of a coup, has always been very negative since he apparently turned Mexico into a land of ‘have and have nots’ by neglecting the lower classes. I also believe he was a Malinchista, there’s that word again, because he seemed to favor foreigners (which he apparently granted land and opportunities throughout northern Mexico) at the expense of the indigenous. His reign consequently led to Mexico’s revolution of 1910, que no? Saludos y felicidades con otro chido video 🇲🇽✌️👍
yep, he sold a lot of land to foreign investors. Foreign investors enslaved many natives and lower class people to work on the very land that was stolen from them. I would call him a dictator for sure, for the simple fact that he didn't allow any opposition to run against him until Francisco Madero in 1910. Madero rose up as a presidential candidate as a moderate advocate for the lower class. Porfirio had Madero locked up on the day before elections and somehow won by 98% of the vote (yet, Madero had a huge following of thousands throughout mexico). Madero called for a revolution, Porfirio eventually stepped down, re-elections were held and Madero this time won by a landslide. But Madero was eventually killed by a general who was pro-Porfirio: Victoriano Huerta, who then made himself president. From there the revolution continued to escalate with Porfiristas wanting to stay in power (even though Porfirio himself had already left Mexico) vs Maderistas wanting to restore democracy with reparations for the lower class and native populations. Enter Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, and Venustiano Carranza..... and further instability with corrupt leader after corrupt leader. :D super interesting stuff!
Baroque architecture is an architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the 18th century.
I am planning on seeing Zacatecas and I’m curious if anyone can give me an idea of how dangerous the city is if you stay near the center of town with the cathedral and the plaza
@@EatBailaTravel this perfect thank you! I’ve been to some incredibly dangerous cities before but I know the violence is usually local and not with tourists there. Just wanted to confirm the same for the city
It looks like a really neat place. I lived in Queretaro for a year a long time ago and am pretty familiar with that area and San Luis and Leon, but I never got as far as Zacatecas. It looks like Guanajuato at first glance, but different and neater in a lot of ways. (The music is hard on my ears, though, sorry, not my style!) A lady who is from Zacatecas was telling us about it today, here at panaderia in San Diego. She looked white and had blue eyes, so I asked her if she was Mexican and she said yes, so we guessed she's from Guadalajara, but she said no, from Zacatecas, and started telling us all about it. Looks amazing, can't believe I haven't been there!
Zacatecas state is a beautiful place but it’s had bad reputation in the last 20 years due to high crime. The city of Zacatecas is beautiful and it feels like you time travel to the Mexican revolution. We highly suggest visiting Zacatecas City but definitely avoid Fresnillo. The music is part of our culture and growing up with it helps grow with you. We understand because it’s the same way with country music for us. Hopefully someday you get the opportunity to visit Zacatecas! Saludos Spencer we wish you a happy new year!
@@EatBailaTravel I still wonder why the government don't ask help from US to clean this beautiful country from the devils..this is not living with evil next to you
Muchos videos de Zacatecas ya hay en español. En inglés casi no. Además, el español es de España, deja de ser tan ignorante. A poco tú hablas nahuatl? o zapotec? o maya?
Great video! I’ve been in MX 3 months outside Monterrey for rock climbing and friends but definitely want cooler weather Zacatecas sounds wonderful in so many ways. I watched a video by Milenio about the highway from Saltillo being a bit treacherous what’s happening there now? I couldn’t find an expat group there. ✌🏼⛰️🇲🇽
hey sorry I'm late! but yea I would avoid the roads in and out of Saltillo if you're driving, but if you're on a coach bus, it's safer, less likely to be stopped by the bad guys.
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Hey you guys! Keep up the great work! I am proud of you! I believe you are one of only a few Americans of Mexican descent that are doing what you are doing! As an American of Mexican descent, it means alot to me. Both of my parents were from Juchipila, Zacatecas. When asked by people where am from, I aways respond from here. (I reside in CA). I tell others my family was here before this was called California and before it was Mexico. We are NOT immigrants, the US Border crossed US. Viva La Raza! 🇲🇽💪❤️🙏🍺
Thank you Mario! We do feel like we’re one of the few if not only Mexican American travel vlogger couples. We hope that inspire others to do the same!
Mexican people are American. America is a continent not a country 🤷♂️
I enjoyed this video. I met my wife in Zacatecas in '94 when I was conducting some systems classes for the then Holiday Inn in Zacatecas. I was there several weeks and I loved the experience--an 'outside museum' as you described. Some hotel employees took my colleague and I dancing at La Mina, and your video is the only photographic memory I've seen of it. My wife was not a hotel employee--since they were my client, my intention was not to go to Mexico and find a wife, obviously.
My wife worked for Mexicana which had an office downtown, steps from the cathedral, and we met just because she was working there, and I felt comfortable with the way she helped my colleague and I, so I started to tell her about how we were sent out of Washington DC to teach the staff at the Holiday Inn there, and I teased her and told her she was the only beautiful woman I met in Zacatecas who spoke perfect English and how I wish she had been with my colleague and I as a guide during our stay.
Knowing my colleague and I were flying in two days to Huatulco, my soon to be wife called me the next day and invited me to the Quinta Real and an evening walk thru the city sights, explaining like you the history. We agreed to go out the next day.
Fast forward to 2023--our daughter, a Masters student in International Studies, turns 23 this year.
My wife moved with me from Zacatecas first to the Napa Valley, where I was raised, then to Phoenix, where we've lived since she came to the US permanently in '95.
I am from Chicago and also, as a business traveler, went thru O'Hare often and coincidentally, my wife was in Chicago just two months before I met her in Zacatecas, and I was in Illinois traveling thru Chicago at the same time to work for a Holiday Inn in Springfield.
So I felt that sooner or later, we were just bound to meet, and we were like and always have been like twins, finishing each other's sentences, I think because of my own Latin (Italian) upbringing, we approach life the same but were just different enough to be interesting to each other.
Sadly we had to separate when my work, which always made me nomadic, forced me to leave Arizona for two years and we felt her career here was too important for her to give up. But we still meet up, neither one of us ever remarrying, entwined as soulmates because our daughter we share melts our hearts.
Zacatecas found me, a business traveler with no time for dating, an unexpected chance to marry and become what I always dreamed to be, more important than a career, a Papa.
Mexicana was kind enough to pay for my air fare so I could visit my wife, flying from California or from a client between business trips, so we became a local legend in Zacatecas and also my home office in Washington DC with our unbelievable, fairy tale story.
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed learning about Zacatecas 🥳
Thank you so much for watching! We hope it was fun, informative and watchable lol Saludos!
@@EatBailaTravel yes, you two are doing an amazing job! and see y'all are getting more skilled in making videos too! great job! ❤️
@@annastayziaa thank you! We’ve been trying to learn from our mistakes and from our mistakes and grow our techniques and stories. Feel free to always provide any suggestions.
Wow. Thank you so much. My mom's side of the fam is from Zacatecas. Thanks for continuing to include historical facts on the places you visit. It's super helpful for us Mexicans in the U.S. to know about our rich history.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Every comment helps our algorithm and it helps us stay motivated. We look forward to sharing more videos on what we learn on our Mexico lindo y querido.
Awesome video! My mom was born and grew up in Torreon, Coahuila but her parents, my maternal grandparents, are from the state of Zacatecas. Their families have been living in pueblos on the border of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi northeast of the city of Zacatecas since at least the 1790s. My great-grandmother actually lived on her ranch in Zacatecas up until a couple years ago. She had to move here because cartel members threatened to kill her if she didn't give them money. Unfortunately, she passed away a couple months ago. I'm so grateful that I got to meet her. Always happy to learn more about the great state of Zacatecas.
QDEP tu abuelita 🕊 I'm sorry for your loss, but you're lucky to have met your great-grandmother. My grandmother died when I was 2 and only have pictures as memories. The cartel situation in Zacatecas is pretty bad, sorry to hear she had to leave her home because of that. It's a reason people continue to leave my mom's hometown, too.
I admire your bravery to visit Zacatecas.
it's my home state! It's where my mom grew up and we visited often while I was growing up. It feels the same as if you told me "I admire your bravery to visit Chicago" 😆😅 but I do get where you're coming from, it's a rough state..
@@EatBailaTravel Oh I see. Sorry if I'm being biased, it's just I saw a horrific video from Zacatecas 😬😬 but I suppose there's evil everywhere in the world
@@lucyobrien1617what video? 😟 I’m debating if I should go with my boyfriend to visit his family over there
Great video! Thanks for sharing and show us around! Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 stay safe and stay connected!
Thanks for visiting all the way from Ireland! We're glad you enjoyed the video!
3:23 is the Opera Cafe. I had my morning espresso there while amiga was getting ready for the day at Meson de Jobito. We were there in Dec 2018. Enchanting at night.
Lovely memories those must be 🥰
@@EatBailaTravel si it was. We walked everywhere. Alas, the tram wasn't operational. Did you see the Quinta Real Hotel? It is near the aqueduct.
Thank you for bringing awareness to Indigenous Peoples. This is so important and Its awesome that you are on this journey of learning.
Thank you for watching we are all about sharing our learning experiences in culture, food and most importantly mexican history that we have never learned about. We recommend checking out our La Malinche video it is still by far one of our favorite videos!
Loved Zacatecas. My husband and I visited in March 2009. Great memories. Beautiful churches, museums, restaurants. Took a ride in the teleferico and visited the mines. Had dinner at "Los Dorados de Villa". Stayed at the stunning "Hotel Santa Rita" with amazing views of the cathedral at night form our balcony. Great video. Thank you!
Aren't the views so beautiful? Especially at night! Laura we are glad you enjoyed our video we hope you visit again since 2009 is a while back! saludos!
@@EatBailaTravel would love to but headed to other parts of Mexico first. Forgot to say that Zacatecans are lovely people. Very friendly and helpful. We experienced it, first hand. Upon arrival, could not find our hotel as the hotel street was one way. We asked a nice lady for directions and she said, I will take you. She was a store owner and drove with us until we found our hotel. Just amazing! That is kindness and hospitality!
Loved the vlog - Zacatecas looks amazing. Thanks for the history also.
Thank you for watching! Zacatecas is amazing we are grateful for the opportunity to provide history in a fun way.
Very interesting for travel and discover ur culture ! I really enjoyed your video :)
glad you enjoyed it and thanks for leaving a comment 😊
With my family ties to Zacatecas, thank you for your beautiful and historical presentation of the state and city of Zacatecas. Viva Mexico and Viva Zacatecas 🇲🇽
(Also based on some quick searches the architecture is as old as far as 16th century but fun fact over the years the material used for some buildings get a new coat to support the foundation for some buildings it may look old but not as old as 16th century old lol)
Thank you for commenting Gerardo! Thank you for the information on the architecture that is very interesting. From a glance we would've just thought it's been like that since forever lol. We are glad you enjoyed our take on Zacatecas. Arriba Zacatecas! We wish you the best all they way back to Cicero! Saludos
By the way what part of Zacatecas is your family from?
@@EatBailaTravel by Jerez, Zacatecas
Oh nice! We haven’t been there maybe we’ll get the opportunity to check it out soon!
Lo que me hase mas triste de ustede es que si van a aser algo sobre nuestro México aganlo en español como mis hijos estoy orgulloso de que ablan el español creo que mejor que yo que soy de zac 💖
Another home run video. You two seriously have one of the best YT travel channels on Mexico. Love your chemistry with each other. Your personalities are a good match and make the video informative and funny.
Ali thank you so much for the positive comments and motivational boost as always! We truly appreciate it, we do have a question for you do you have any ideas for us as to how to generate more comments? It's an area in which we need to get better at. saludos! thanks for stopping by!
the video I needed before my trip. tysm
I'm glad 😊 enjoy Zacatecas!
I'm From Zacatecas Mexico 🇲🇽
Quiuvo paisano!
Really cool history, I have never heard of this place...thanks for another great video.
We are glad you liked it. We will be vlogging on a lot place most vloggers don't vlog about/ Mostly because we will documenting on our mexican roots and those places that are rural towns and villages. We hope you enjoy our content if you ever have any suggestions feel free to comment
My granny is from there. I can't wait to go. It looks beautiful.
It is seriously beautiful. I hope to get to visit soon
Thank you for making this video. Nice History lesson.
Happy you enjoyed it! We hope to make it back to Zacatecas in the near future.
The people and vibe is so chill 👍
Chill vibes! The best vibes 😎😎
thank you for this I too have roots to this place and plan on visiting it . thank you !!!!
We haven't been in two years but hope to make it out soon
Awesome 😎
thanks for your comment! 😊
Awesome video ! My wife and I used to drive down to Guadalajara from Texas where we currently live now . Once we had a car issue and wound up staying a day and night in Zacatecas . We're planning a trip there soon as it's one of the cities in Mexico where we're planning to retire to . Please keep doing what you are doing , thanks again .
very cool, yea, Zacatecas is a great city, often overlooked by most! Thanks so much for your kind comment, Joe 😊
Such a great video! I love learning Mexican history.
Hi Hannah thank you so much. We are super grateful to have this experience and sharing it others who enjoy it makes us super happy!
good music 👌👌👌
Thank you! We try to keep it as authentic as possible! Saludos
Amazing,for sure..
Thanks a lot!
@@EatBailaTravel ok
Tha ks for adding history to your vid
Thats awesome my mom and grandparent's are also from Zacatecas. Fresnillo to be exact. I havent been there in over 10 years. Maybe its time to visit again. Good to see u know your history. That's what more Chicano's need. They need to learn thier Chicano & Mexican/Indigenous history & culture.
Thank you for watching! Reconnecting with our roots has been a beautiful experience. 10 years is quite some time, we will say that Fresnillo right now might not be a great place to visit.It sounds like they have some violence concerns as of lately. But Zacatecas and Jerez are still great places to come hang out.
We love you guys! Thanks for the great videos. We are very much looking forward to the next one as we too are planning on moving to Mexico 🇲🇽 next year. Brian and Doraly
Brian and Doraly thanks so much for the love! Let us know if you ever have any questions or suggestions we’d be more than happy to help. We were supposed to post our vlog on Monday(our normal day) but due to some travel delays we weren’t able to upload on time. We are hoping to post this week if not for sure the upcoming Monday.
That band is jammin'! And the drummer is KILLIN' it!!! And so is the architecture. Wow! Don't quote us, but we're gonna say 17th/18th century for Baroque. Really interesting and as you said, complicated history. There are so many beautiful things in this video, can't wait to see more of "your" Zacatecas. (correction: those bandS are killing' it!)
Thank you for watching we're glad you enjoyed the music. One of the bands is related to Jenny. We felt like we couldn't do a video without it's tamborazo the video would be so off with any other music lol.
Great video, great music!
Thank you! This makes Kevin super happy he always spends so much time worrying about the music. Saludos!
Excellent ! Thanks !
one of my favorite videos, thanks for watching!
Great question about Profirio Diaz! He was a dictator but he did leave behind the Palacio des Bellas Artes. He brought Art and culture to Mexico while ignoring the poor. What was interesting is that when he was finally run out of the country he famously said "You released the tiger, but can you control it?" I think there were maybe 30 years of chaos (war) after he left. Looking at other countries, sometimes dictators or kings can be a good thing. Look at the middle east. Democracy is not for everyone. Look at Haiti or half of the countries in Africa. The problem is not form of government, but corruption. There are good dictators and bad dictators. There are good presidents and bad presidents.
💯 super well said! It’s not a simple answer because humans and societies are not simple. We are very very complex lol but I do really like your points here 👍🏽
Awesome tour and loved the history about Mexico. Took some classes on Mexican history in grad school, and really enjoyed your video. Do agree on Porfirio Diaz, I think that the Spanish colonialism greatly had influence on many major political decisions to include the generational divides based on race and class. I believe that happened here without a doubt, as porfirio Diaz sought to build the country as a regional power alongside the US. His development and partnerships came at a large cost however, as it did largely benefit the upper class in the country. Even with that, a lot of his business and economic dealings benefitted the United States even more! I could talk about this in detail, but it would use up too much space haah. To summarize, I think of Porfirio Diaz as a product of Spanish Colonialism, mismanagement in a time of constant conflict, and greed. He did however help in building some critical railroads in the country which helped the country develop and grow through commerce.
Hello. Mi inglés es limitado, pero con ustedes aprendo a distintos niveles.
Hola buenos días, nos da gusto que le guste nuestros videos. Vamos empezar a ser ciertos videos en español. Pero por mientras le ponemos mucho esfuerzo a los subtítulos. Cuando tenga oportunidad vea nuestro video La Malinche esta muy bonito!. Saludos amigo buen dia!
@@EatBailaTravel claro que sí. Estaré pendiente.
Great video guys and we will have to visit Zacatecas someday to see the silver mines and museums there. We are in San Miguel de Allende 3 more days, then off to CDMX for 5 days of sightseeing. Keep up the good work and we look forward to see your vlogs!
Thank you so much for watching. Have you been to mines in Guanajuato? We wonder how they differ from Zacatecas. Also, make sure to bring warm clothes to Zacatecas it can get super chilly!
@@EatBailaTravel You're always welcome and no - didn't visit the mines. It will only be in the high 60's in Mexico City the next few days while we are there and we are prepared - as always!
Awesome video! My husband is from Zacatecas so I have been there and I love it! It’s so beautiful 😊 this video made me want to go back! Great job guys 👌
Sending you more travel vibes so you can visit again soon ✨✈️ thanks so much for your comment!
I enjoyed Zacatecas in Dec 2018.
Great video. It makes me want to go back to Zacatecas. -Marc
Thank you Marc! Saludos. Are you still in San Luis? We will be heading there soon!
@@EatBailaTravel , yes we are. Hopefully we can hook up once you get here. -Marc
Great historical background! I've been in Zacatecas all summer. It's been very interesting! Wikipedia says it's a Baroque facade on the front of the Basicilica and this is the third iteration of the building. The first in 1568, second in 1625 and the current one in 1752 (so 18th century).
Oh wow! Thank you so much for this cool information!
Nice video! The city of Zacatecas is actually a World Heritage Site. A Zacatecano by birth, I have been there many times and marvel at the beauty and the state/city's complex and bloody history, some of which continues today.
Thank you so much for your well put comment. Saludos!
This entire video is solid gold! And it brings back great memories, even the scary mine tour lol Aplausos y gracias por compartir la info :}
Glad you enjoyed it! We love that others appreciate it as much as we do! Saludos
What is the music playing around the 13:00 mark? Love it!
I’m so glad you like it! The genre is Mexican Banda music. The tamborazo and Banda genres are more popular in the North-Central part of Mexico, especially in Zacatecas 😊 it’s the music my family grew up with, the kind of live music groups we hire for all our parties ❤🥰 some upper class Mexicans look down upon this style of Mexico because of its humble, rural origins.
Good video but i would also like to hear more about whats its like live there, the vibe, is it dangerous, how does it compare to other cities you have visited thus far, hows the food!
We will be doing some videos come December on places we’ve been and where we would like to live. But right now we have some videos on Merida, Orizaba, Guanajuato, and Querétaro. We haven’t considered Zacatecas as a place to live just to visit
This video was good the music back ground was sick😎
It’s all about the music!
Great video! Some other places that you can check out while in Zacatecas City are:
1. La camara oscura as it is the only one of its kind in all of Mexico and most modern in the continent.
2. Quinta Real Zacatecas, old plaza de toros turned hotel to enjoy the scenery and dine even if you don’t book with them.
3. Zip lining from el Cerro de la Bufa
4. La quemada ancient ruins about a 40 minute drive south from the city.
Hope this helps!
Saludos Luis! thank you for watching our video. We started look up the places you suggested and La Camara Oscura is SUPER INTERESTING. We would have never known about it so thank you! La Quinta looks amazing and it gaves us some great ideas for filming so thank you again. We did see the zip lining from el cerro and it looks intense. All your suggestions did come in handy thank you so much!
@@EatBailaTravel No problem, glad I could help! Looking forward to your Food Tour video of Zacatecas! Keep up the great work you two!
🤗❤️ good job guys!! 👍🏼 background music on point 👌🏼 baby was having her zapateado partí with it 😆 hope you guys make a video of the food 🤤
Thank you Juan va salir bailando ese bebe! Currently working on the food vlog so far very good 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Did you say you had a short history video & a history book to recommend? Can’t find it in the description. Another fine video & I *really* respect your saying that you don’t feel you’ve learned enough to give an opinion. I wish more people on social media were like that!
YES! sorry about that we completely forgot to add to the description. We just added them and here they are. Thank you so much for the comment!
The Mexican Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Mexican Civil War and How Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Impacted Mexico (Captivating History) by Matt Clayton
The Mexican Revolution Explained in 10 Minutes Video (Captivating History)
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Dope. Wish I could live there.
It's is such a beautiful city we have been here two weeks and like it a lot. Our only concern is the weather we love the hot weather and it doesn't get very hot here due to the altitude
I’m so proud of you two
By the way you made me really sad
Because I’ve been preparing to get my Mexican citizenship… my grandparents were born in Zacatecas. But you burst my bubble ( but saved me a trip to the consulate)
Anyway I’m so impressed with you guys
I love your content. You are so articulate…
Another side note.
You should plan to go to our favorite salsa venue… la bodeguita del medio in puerto Vallarta. You’ll love it.
You guys should visit the salsa venues in Mexico and do videos on each… just a thought.
Keep up the good work. Thank you
Hola! ah, what exactly made you sad?
and thank you for your compliment :) we did visit la bodeguita del medio a few times in PV!
This is such a great video! It’s my first time seeing anything about Zacatecas. What a beautiful city with an interesting history.
Recently a friend who’s husband is from there (apparently their rancho is next to Antonio Aguilar’s) invited me to travel there with her because she knows I love visiting archeological sites and mentioned La Quemada. Thanks for helping me decide I should definitely go. Keep up the good work on these videos!
We are happy that you enjoyed our video hopefully you can help us share with others who might be interested. We like to take the off-beaten paths and reconnect with our roots. We feel like we might be the only mexican-american travel vloggers out there so we need to make sure we do this right! Jenny's family is also from a rancho near Antonio Aguilar do you happen to know the name by any chance? Thank you for stopping by we hope we can keep producing content that interests you. Feel free to always stop by to leave comments and suggestions!
@@EatBailaTravel yes. The family name is Rodela/Hurtado. I LOVE that you are repping us! There are many other TH-camrs that don’t speak on the history and mostly complain. Your content keeps getting better! Hope to meet you two en el camino one day!
Another awesome video guys! Anything that starts with Esquites is going to be great 😁🤣🤙😎💖
Thank you so much! We just learned in Zacatecas they don't call them esquites here they actually call them Chaskas. It's fun to learn these things while traveling. Saludos!
Seré la única que habla español ja un saludo desde monterrey nuevo león México...
Hola Zaira! Muchas gracias por ver nuestro video! Ojalá y te gusto el video, pronto irémos a Monterrey! Así que si tienes algunas recomendaciones son super bienvenidas! Buen dia 😊
@@EatBailaTravel demasiados lugares muy lindos y la comida ni se diga sino comes cabrito no as venido a monterrey así que cuando se den una vuelta a monterrey nuevo león tiene que probarlo un saludo.
Just don't get flayed when you're over there
Way Cool 😎👍💯
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I was there in July the buildings gave me a Spain/Rome feel. Lots of people and cute women
Awesome! Where we’re you visiting from?
Maybe because mexico and central america are what we know in the books as ancient rome and Egypt , open your mind
@Jenny and Kevin Eat Baila Travel ABQ, NM. It's lowkey weird whenever I go; people can tell I'm an outsider, and I have an unchangeable accent:/
Didn’t know this was such a lovely historical city with different types of architecture, did I see an Edwardian style house 🏠 in one of the scenes?
My opinion on Porfirio Diaz, known as a 30 yr. dictator where his Porfiriato was a product of a coup, has always been very negative since he apparently turned Mexico into a land of ‘have and have nots’ by neglecting the lower classes. I also believe he was a Malinchista, there’s that word again, because he seemed to favor foreigners (which he apparently granted land and opportunities throughout northern Mexico) at the expense of the indigenous. His reign consequently led to Mexico’s revolution of 1910, que no?
Saludos y felicidades con otro chido video 🇲🇽✌️👍
yep, he sold a lot of land to foreign investors. Foreign investors enslaved many natives and lower class people to work on the very land that was stolen from them. I would call him a dictator for sure, for the simple fact that he didn't allow any opposition to run against him until Francisco Madero in 1910. Madero rose up as a presidential candidate as a moderate advocate for the lower class. Porfirio had Madero locked up on the day before elections and somehow won by 98% of the vote (yet, Madero had a huge following of thousands throughout mexico). Madero called for a revolution, Porfirio eventually stepped down, re-elections were held and Madero this time won by a landslide. But Madero was eventually killed by a general who was pro-Porfirio: Victoriano Huerta, who then made himself president. From there the revolution continued to escalate with Porfiristas wanting to stay in power (even though Porfirio himself had already left Mexico) vs Maderistas wanting to restore democracy with reparations for the lower class and native populations. Enter Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, and Venustiano Carranza..... and further instability with corrupt leader after corrupt leader. :D super interesting stuff!
@@EatBailaTravel bravo! well said! 👏👏👏
Baroque architecture is an architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the 18th century.
I am planning on seeing Zacatecas and I’m curious if anyone can give me an idea of how dangerous the city is if you stay near the center of town with the cathedral and the plaza
The city center is generally very safe and any incidents that happen are related to the people involved in the drama, I.e not random tourists
@@EatBailaTravel this perfect thank you! I’ve been to some incredibly dangerous cities before but I know the violence is usually local and not with tourists there. Just wanted to confirm the same for the city
Enjoy Zacatecas ☺️🇲🇽❤️
Loved it! went on the teleferico and saw the center@@EatBailaTravel
Glad to hear you loved it 🥰
My husband is from Zacatecas and we moved here in 2022
Nice! Do you live in the capital?
you missed to show, meson de jobito, alameda, Fatima, hotel quinta real, la ruta del vino, etc, but anyways you did great work about history
I just found out I’m 28% Indigenous Americas-Mexico
Chihuahua, Durango & Zacatecas
Awesome!!
Was the barroco architecture style from the 15th century?
indeed it was!! the term escaped me for a moment! thanks for your comment 🤗
What part or municipality of Zacatecas is this?
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Donde consigo esa banda
Los grupos de tamborazo que prestaron su música para este video están en Chicago. Sus contactos están en la descripción del video.
Arriba Zacatecas
Arriva!!!
How long was you there how many day I need to experience it 😎😏
We were there 2 weeks we recommend maybe 3 days is good enough
It looks like a really neat place. I lived in Queretaro for a year a long time ago and am pretty familiar with that area and San Luis and Leon, but I never got as far as Zacatecas. It looks like Guanajuato at first glance, but different and neater in a lot of ways. (The music is hard on my ears, though, sorry, not my style!) A lady who is from Zacatecas was telling us about it today, here at panaderia in San Diego. She looked white and had blue eyes, so I asked her if she was Mexican and she said yes, so we guessed she's from Guadalajara, but she said no, from Zacatecas, and started telling us all about it. Looks amazing, can't believe I haven't been there!
Zacatecas state is a beautiful place but it’s had bad reputation in the last 20 years due to high crime. The city of Zacatecas is beautiful and it feels like you time travel to the Mexican revolution. We highly suggest visiting Zacatecas City but definitely avoid Fresnillo. The music is part of our culture and growing up with it helps grow with you. We understand because it’s the same way with country music for us. Hopefully someday you get the opportunity to visit Zacatecas! Saludos Spencer we wish you a happy new year!
12:17 my name is Rafael as well 😎
nice to meet you Rafael! I have an uncle Rafael lol
@@EatBailaTravel hella dope 🤩
Beautiful, to bad cartels rule there!
Unfortunately, that’s the case in many places
@@EatBailaTravel I still wonder why the government don't ask help from US to clean this beautiful country from the devils..this is not living with evil next to you
Could this be fresnillo???
nope 🤭
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Mexicana hablando en ingles de u. Eatado historico. Falto pintarse de rubio. Creo aue se necesita en español para México
Muchos videos de Zacatecas ya hay en español. En inglés casi no. Además, el español es de España, deja de ser tan ignorante. A poco tú hablas nahuatl? o zapotec? o maya?
El Mexicano nace donde se le su chingada gana. Y también habla el lenguaje que se de su gana por qué el español no es el lenguaje nativo de mexico.
I still correspond with Amiga in Mex City. I live in Pittsburgh. I might change my living will from cremation to bury me in Zac.
That’s very special!
@@EatBailaTravel My brother said when I die I'm going in a dumpster. I think he is kidding.
@@ericbond5276 I hope he is kidding!! 😅😂
@@EatBailaTravel I think he is.....
5:11 😢
Zacatecas has some sad history
Hola
Hola buenos días!
BAROQUE architecture
Thank you 😊
17 century
Nochis Las Animass
Saludos!! Animo
@@EatBailaTravel Animeño
The architecture isn't baroque but TARTARIA!!!!!!
oh okay, thanks for the clarification
I'm part Zacatecas 😂😆 let's see what's up with the people's there maybe I'll see some family resemblance
ah what part of zacatecas??
make sure not to get your face flayed off!
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Or maybe 🤔 it's the capital Zacatecas, Zacatecas
yes! Zacatecas capital
Ahora entiendo porque se llaman tacos envenenados jajaja
cada pedazo de gastronomía tiene su historia 😁
Zacatecas the mexico cartel
Not the only one but yea, there are
He was no saint but without Porfirio Diaz Mexico would have been balkanized the way Central America was.
Interesting! Can you explain a little more?
@@EatBailaTravel porfirio Diaz is the best leader Mexico ever had
@@kfcmanager3199 Emiliano Zapata has entered the chat
Your best president was Lazaro Cardenas and now it’s Lopez obrador
don't know much about Lazaro Cardenas, need to catch up on that part of history!
Great video! I’ve been in MX 3 months outside Monterrey for rock climbing and friends but definitely want cooler weather Zacatecas sounds wonderful in so many ways. I watched a video by Milenio about the highway from Saltillo being a bit treacherous what’s happening there now? I couldn’t find an expat group there. ✌🏼⛰️🇲🇽
hey sorry I'm late! but yea I would avoid the roads in and out of Saltillo if you're driving, but if you're on a coach bus, it's safer, less likely to be stopped by the bad guys.