First Impressions: Mexico City, Mexico
From Slow Travel Diaries by Kaphryn Lee
February 1, 2026 · 20 min · Season 2 · Episode 1
About this episode
Kaphryn shares her honest first impressions of daily life in Mexico City after a month of living there.
After a month in Mexico City, I’m sharing my honest first impressions. We talk about what daily life actually feels like here — how people interact, how neighborhoods function — and why settling has been harder than I expected after two years of slow traveling through Europe. Sign up for my newsletter at SlowTravelDiaries.com
People in this episode
Host: Kaphryn Lee
Topics covered
- first impressions
- Mexico City
- daily life
- settling
- slow travel
Keywords
- Mexico City
- first impressions
- daily life
- slow travel
- settling
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Mexico City, Europe
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