Remote Learning — Off The MRKT

Annabella Pardo

Explore, learn and travel all around the world within the comfort of your own home, or book a flight and set your wings towards a new country. As borders are slowly opening back up, we are slowly retuning to our regularly scheduled programming of jet setting around new cities and enriching ourselves in new and distinct cultures. To prepare for our grand holidays, or virtual escapes, we are enlisting the wonderful expertise from Context Travel.

Context Travel is a network of scholars and experts who specialize in fields such as art history, archaeology, cuisine, architecture, history, and theology, who offer private, custom, and small group walking tours in 60 cities across six continents for almost 20-years.

Recently launched, the digital learning program is called “Context Learning,” and it offers live interactive seminars and courses on a variety of cultural and historical topics with the company’s vast network of well-versed, PHD or MA-level degree scholars. Think of this as a LIVE version of Netflix where there are tons of options to choose from, select which one is most of interest to you and learn about your favorite subject.

Context is now the only travel company that allows you to start learning before you hop on a plane. Due to popular demand for long form travel, and because Context participants have built relationships with their experts/scholars over the course of the pandemic, Context is now taking one step further to launch Context Journeys – the brand’s first fully planned, multi-day, small and group tours in cultural capitals across the globe.

Journeys will be led by the brand’s network of scholars, many of which hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their field and teach at the university level, who specialize in fields such as art history, archaeology, cuisine, architecture, history, and theology.

Recently launched new programs for those interested in the culture and history of Mexico City, both through Context Journey (in-person, multi-day group tour experiences) and Context Learning (virtual courses and conversations online).

From its ancient ruins to its cosmopolitan neighborhoods, bustling markets to world-renowned museums —Mexico City should be at the top of everyone’s (in-person or virtual) travel list. For those ready to take flight and enter this vibrant, historically fascinating city in-person, then Context Journey has the perfect itinerary for all: 4 fully planned days guided by experts in Mexico City including a luxury hotel accommodation at the 5-star St. Regis Mexico City.

Highlights of the Context Journey Mexico City Multi-Day Tour Include:

Learning about the art and dramas behind the famous artist couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with guided visits through their homes and studios
A local look at Mexican food and beverage with an exploration of Mercado Coyoacan and surrounding neighborhood
Taking a guided excursion to see the Aztec ruins and pyramids of Teotihuacan, a UNESCO World Heritage site, with a practicing archeologist

Interested travelers can learn more about the full itinerary and offerings for the Context Journey Mexico City tour here, and can book the multi-day journey ahead of its January 13th 2022 start date.

Those ready to start learning about Mexico City now can opt for Context Learnings’ Mexico City courses. From the Day of the Dead: Mexico's Celebration of Life After Death with Jazmin Caraveo-Tunon to Tequila and Mezcal: An Introduction to Mexican Spirits with Chantal Martineau—There are plenty of options of these expert-guided, culturally enriching courses, available now for registration.

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