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Long before her first published article, Los Angeles-based Athena Lucero shared with an office colleague “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heathrow Airport,” the title she gave to a humorous tale from her personal travel journals about all the things that went wrong on the last day of her first trip to London. “You should be publishing your stories,” the law firm partner chuckled. Eventually Athena followed that cue – and with unrelenting curiosity to discover the world, its people, their lore, traditions and cuisines – she left a rewarding position at an international law firm and turned her passion into a career of storytelling. From wine making on California’s Central Coast and the ancient vineyards of Lavaux in Switzerland; to tasting New Norwegian cuisine on a trek across Norway; from shushing down the slopes of Park City, Utah and snowshoeing, cross-country and alpine skiing through the Swiss Alps; to immersing her senses in the gaucho culture of Argentina; and discovering Monterrey, Mexico, the country’s most American-looking city whose inhabitants are among the happiest people in the world, Los Angeles-based Athena Lucero can always be found researching or scouting her next off-the-beaten path travel story.
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Towns make Mexico magical

Towns make Mexico magical

Athena Lucero |
Writer Athena Lucero looks at the tiny towns that make Mexico a magical place to visit and explore - towns where locals welcome tourists with open arms and make them feel at home.
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Guadalajara is a sweet surprise

Guadalajara is a sweet surprise

Athena Lucero |
On a visit to Mexico's second largest city, writer Athena Lucero discovers Guadalajara is picture-perfect and is the chocolate capital of the country.
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Tequila sunrise - with a twist

Tequila sunrise - with a twist

Athena Lucero |
Writer Athena Lucero takes a train to the birthplace of tequila and finds the Mexican outpost to be an intoxicating city.
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L.A.-like Monterrey is the ‘star’ of Mexico

L.A.-like Monterrey is the ‘star’ of Mexico

Athena Lucero |
MONTERREY — With the seventh largest public plaza in the world, a meandering river walk, world-class museums, an outrageous culinary scene, Mexico’s best universities and medical schools, the hip suburb of San Pedro and Chipinque National Park as its backyard, it’s hard not to have a good time in cosmopolitan Monterrey.
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