Up in the big smoke...Mexico City

We had a long weekend over Easter, so Jackie and I decided to go to Mexico City and see what we could get into...also, we know from past experience that the beach is the place to avoid during Semana Santa (Holy Week) as they are innudated with folks from the city, so we when the other direction, and it was great...while yes, there were lots of tourists, it was not overwhelming and very pleasent...the weather was great and we never felt unsafe in te city, even at night.Jackie and I at a hotdog joint...Yes, we went to Mexico City and ate bautwurst and drank English beer, and I would do it again, it was delicious!
This is the library building at the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico). It is a beautiful mosaic which I remember seeing a picture of when I was a kid and really liking, it was great to get there in person. And it is fun to lay on the grass out front and people watch.

Jackie and her ice cream cone at the central park (alameda)...check out those cool cops in the background.

Art is abundant in D.F. This is the Palace of Beautiful Arts or Palacio de Bellas Artes...it is an opera house built by Porfirio Diaz, designed by an Italian, hence all the marble...it is full of murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo and Jose Clemente Orozco...which are all very impressive...included is Riveras 'Man at the Crossroads'..which has a controversal story to it, google it if your curious.

One of many fine marbe statues at the Palcio de Bellas Artes...

In the alameda...


Here's Jack walking through a tree at the viveros, this is where they grow all the plants for the parks throughout Mexico City.

It really was a great trip and we probably walked a thousand miles all over the city, I left with a different, but better impression of Mexico City...