Yep its a pretty sizeable town nestled high in the mountains. After some dire warnings about traffic and the driving style of chilangos (Mexico City's locals), the Gladiator braved the freeways and emerged victorious.
In the city we visited the famous Zocalo, the massive town square and site of the presidential palace. This square was also the site of the Aztec capital. Cortes decided to just plonk his capital on top of it. Near the Zocalo, we visited the Secretary of Public Education building with 120-odd fascinating Diego Rivera murals lining its courtyards.
We also had a big night out where we visited the lucha libre wrestling (Mexican WWF with cool masks), and hit up a rooftop Xmas party.
We were lucky enough to meet Jerry, then Josephine, through couch surfing. They put us up, gave us all kinds of tips for what to see and do in the DF, and helped us with our Spanish.
In the city we visited the famous Zocalo, the massive town square and site of the presidential palace. This square was also the site of the Aztec capital. Cortes decided to just plonk his capital on top of it. Near the Zocalo, we visited the Secretary of Public Education building with 120-odd fascinating Diego Rivera murals lining its courtyards.
We also had a big night out where we visited the lucha libre wrestling (Mexican WWF with cool masks), and hit up a rooftop Xmas party.
We were lucky enough to meet Jerry, then Josephine, through couch surfing. They put us up, gave us all kinds of tips for what to see and do in the DF, and helped us with our Spanish.
Have you witnessed any activity (the plume) from the volcano. I heard on the news there is a volcano only about 40 miles from Mexico City which has had some very recent activity & may be coming to life.
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Slow reply, but yeah we heard of volcanic activity from Popocatepetl after we left the region. Would be great to go back and climb it one day (when it is inactive of course).
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