It is fun to walk in crowded cities. Especially when you can see over the crowds. You can't really capture the feel of it in a photo, but there was plenty going on as we walked back to the hotel.
But first we wanted to stop by the Cathedral and the National Palace.
The Cathedral was stared in 1573 (there you go into the 16th century!) and it took about 250 years to finish. It is now slowly sinking into the ground.
But it seemed safe enough to walk around and through
Mexico City, along with Lima, was one of the administrative centers for the Americas for Spain.
Hence the money for such a cathedral
This is the interior of the National Palace.
They make you walk through a metal detector, as well as take off your sunglasses and your hat. I think the hat is for respect, I think the sunglasses is because they don't want any shifty eye ne'er do wells wandering through the palace.
One of the most interesting things in the palace are the Diego Garcia murals. You can see a lot of Diego Rivera in Mexico if you want to.
And you should. They all tell amazing stories. (See his wikipedia page here)
The scale of these murals is huge. They have them across half of the palace, and in the big stairways near the entrance.
There are guides waiting there to explain all the imagery, or I suppose that you could get a guide book. Most of it is pretty self explanatory. (A little Indian baby with blue eyes, for example)
They still use Shank's Mare as motive force.
We went up to the top of our hotel for a drink that afternoon. Doreen had a tequila, I had a mescal.
Both were delicious.
And you can't beat the view.
Mescal:
Doreen and Tequila:
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