Mexico City Overview

Posted: December 11, 2019 by admin

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What an amazing world class city. As Americans, we currently are subjected to all of the right wing fear mongering about Mexican people. If you go to Mexico City, you will clearly see Mexico and Mexicans in a totally different light. This is a vibrant, European-like city with astounding museums, architecture, history, restaurants, grand avenues with great sculptures and their famous murals scattered all over with a world class metro system to move all of these people around. And there are lots of them. Maybe in some ways of measuring, the most of any city in the world. and all at 7,500′ elevation. And sinking, but that is another story.

El Caballito, the little horse. By Sebastian in 1992. Just one of many superior sculptures in the city.
Street scene, centro historico area.
Street art near my hotel.
Scene in the zocalo.
The interior courtyard of the archaeological museum. It is considered to be one of the finest in the world and I surely agree. They created complete rooms for each key period and they were just outstandingly done. But, it was the breadth and quality of their historical cultures that made this possible in the first place.
I loved this shot, particularly since it was not me up there. The cathedral in the background we will cover later. I think they are setting up for some Christmas thing in the Zocalo.
You will see Poinsettia’s in many of my shots here in Mexico City. Afraid to risk my life out in the street, this is a lousy shot, but these median strips with them go on for MILES. One could suggest that there might be better uses of scarce funds, but it does look nice and festive. Maybe they are perennial and are here every year? I do not know.
At least 2 of the top restaurants in the world are here. Quintonil has some ranking of 24th best in the world. I somehow got in for lunch and then talked my way into the final dinner seating the next night. What follows are two food shots that I never do, but you can see why. And the cost for appetizer, main course, dessert, and plenty of drinks? Well under $100! If you are a foodie, this city should get on your list. For quality and price.
My Quintonil appetizer. Tamale beautifully decorated and sitting atop a bed of moist crab meat.
Snapper with a lime sauce accented with grasshopper flakes. Look at the mole on the right. as artistic as any dish I have seem. Also with grasshopper flavoring.
What is that loud sound you hear over the din of the city everywhere? The organ grinders! I loved that her grinder included 2 Christmas dolls.
Sculpture in the huge park, Bosque de Chapultepec

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