The lady on the right is making fresh tacos in a great little Mexican diner where we ate a huge ¨comida corrida¨(meal of the day) for about 40 pesos on Thursday. Lunch is a big thing over here, dinner more for tourists and you really score if you find one of these fine establishments. We could hardly walk after we finished eating.We left Mexico City this morning after a fabulous four days in what must be one of the world's great BEEG cities. Seriously, I find it hard to fathom how people can have such a negative perception of Mexico City, when it is so cultured, full to the brim of fantastic architecture, a rich and astonishing history, friendly people, wide boulevards, diverse museums and the world's cheapest and most efficient metro (just 25c a ride with trains coming every three minutes). OK Mexico City, if you want to give me a PR job, I am definitely interested.
We are now in an equally wonderful but totally different part of the world, the town of Guanatuajo, about 5 hours North West of Mexico City, set in the hills with the town rising up from a ravine (which runs under the town). It is simply beautiful with grand honey and orange coloured Baroque churches, windy, cobblestone streets lined with cafes, museums and colonial squares. It was once the site of silver and gold mining and Mexico's richest city, back in its pioneering days, and oozes charm and old money. We had a brief wander around this evening and will explore proper tomorrow.
Below Mexico City in pictures:
Looks (and sounds) amazing! Have fun in Guanatuajo.
ReplyDeleteHiya! So happy you two are loving Mexico City and Mexico in general. It's hard for me to see it objectively but you're right, it is pretty special. Man, seeing the pic of the lady making tacos makes me so jealous, yum! But who's the little rodent guy? Do you know what kind of stange creature he is and where was the picture taken?
ReplyDeleteHey Karina, Larry here. The little strange creature is actually not Mexican. It's a prairie dog (from the US), but it was in the zoo in Mexico City. Very cute animal.
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