I love Mexico City

or DF (day effe) as the locals say

 

but it was a strange trip

even for me....

 

first thing

we drove the tamiami trail through the everglades

to Miami

 

had a great hotel by the airport

 

and I mean by the airport

 

though the plane looks close in this photo

it is nothing compared to how close it felt

I jumped a foot the first time one came around the building

when we were at the pool

 

the location worked out perfect though

we got to park our car there free while we were gone and they

shuttled us to the airport and picked us up

 

also the hotel is across the street from the BEST Cuban restaurant in Miami

such a great dinner

 

manana - Mexico

 

 

 

 we met our friends and had a great first dinner

 

 

in the famous House of Tiles

 

 

 

 

and ended up in this little bar

ahhhh, did I say I love this city

 

 

 

 

it was a little more interesting this time due to a huge police presence

something about protesting teachers from the southern states

that came to the capital and the police were trying to keep them from getting to the zocalo

 

which I thought was strange cause that is what the huge empty space in the middle of Mexico City

was for, like Red Square, for congregating, demonstrating....

 

they were very polite and not threatening in any way

except they looked scary in their riot gear

funny how fast we got use to their presence

 

 

the downtown buildings were all decorated in Mexico's colors

red, white and green as the week before had been their independence day

 

 

the next morning

 

breakfast in another old very famous place

the Café Tucuba

 



 

 it was stunning

 

 

rarely in my world do I get to eat in such beautiful places

 

and then there is a big gap

 

where I stayed in bed for the next 3 days

with what I think was altitude sickness

 

Mexico City is high and the air quality is not the best

 

luckily we had a wonderful room in a great old hotel

the first night we were on the street side and it was very noisy

the next night we moved to an inside room - which is the only thing that saved me

 

 

 

our room looked out on to the side of this old church

I could lie in bed and look at these old stones

and it was quiet, dark and peaceful

 

that church window is up four stories as was our room

some nights I could see the dim lights of candles somewhere below

I could look out and see the sky over the church, a small cross and a Mexican flag

 

in addition there was a huge bathtub in our room

I wish I had taken a photo of it

it was wonderfully relaxing to take a nice hot bath, I took several

 

I lived on fresh juice, scrambled eggs and consume

hold the hot sauce

 

I did manage by the 4th day to make it to the Anthropological Museum

 

 

it was fascinating and I have some great photos to share with you

 

 

 

in the next blog