On Day 3 we spent the day in the Historic Center of town - where the original Spanish settlement decided to build big Gothic buildings on the spot where glorious Aztec temples were...and to add insult to injury the Spaniards used the stone from the Aztec temples to build the new stuff. Nice, eh? Nevertheless, the area was amazing and we saw some beautiful stuff. We saw so many Diego Rivera murals painted across a few palaces.
We went to the only bear bar (Nicho Bear) that night and we all made some friends. The bar was small but it was a ton o fun. The sad part of the evening was that Don's iPhone was stolen right out of his pocket. The amusing part was the next day we had Wilma send a text message to Don's phone and we got a response with a phone number. So Wilma called the number and the person who answered said that he didn't steal the phone - but that he bought the phone last night because his career is to buy and sell used phones. Um... it was stolen at 3:30am... glad to see the used cell phone market requires 24x7 purchasing. Anyway - Don never got it back.
We all slept in late since we tore it up til the wee hours. We dragged ourselves to the Anthropology Museum (insert yawn here). If we see one more decorative bowl, we're going to go postal. We then headed over to the Frida Khalo museum which is actually the house she grew up in and lived in with Diego Rivera. Pretty cool stuff.
All in all - I'm giving Mexico City a 9 out of 10. It far exceeded my expectations. The city was beautiful, the people were friendly, and the sights were impressive. Off to Guadalajara!
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