26 Nov

Got coffees nearby the airbnb. Staying in Roma Norte - nice suburb, lots of restaurants and liveliness.

Caught the bus to Buenavista station and walked up Cinco de Mayo, past the Palacio de Bellas Artes, through the park, down the busy street to the Zocalo.

Our first stop was to the little museum that houses Diego Rivera's mural "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park (Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central)"

Visit some of the markets along the park, including some beautiful bead-work jewellery and about a million little stalls selling pop-vinyls, star wars figures and other action figures, lego, etc. including broken bits, limbs, parts...

Saw/heard so many organ-grinders, some with toy monkeys. Went into the Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico, briefly saw the Aztec ruins next to it but will go back for a proper visit to them later. We couldn't get into the Bellas Artes and thought the Cathedral was inaccessible too because they'd put up all these big metal barriers all around them, and a bunch of monuments. Turns out there was some protesting going on by women and they were worried about damage to the historical sites.

Had chilaquiles for lunch - beans, tortilla chips topped with salsa verde and in this case some pastor, but often it has fried eggs cause it's traditionally a breakfast meal. It was so good. Also had a tamarind aqua fresca.

Caught the busiest bus ever out to the Jose Vasconcelos Biblioteca, a big library with a stunning design of hanging levels of books and shelves.

Had prawn tostadas and fried tuna tacos for dinner. Mojito.

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