Blogs from Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America - page 7

HE SAID... On our third day in Mexico City, we slept in a little as our ‘Mexico City Markets and Food Tour’ didn’t start until 8:45am. We headed out at 8:15am and started walking towards the Zocalo, the heart of the city. We love being in a place as it slowly wakes, regardless of whether it’s a large city or tiny village. Our first stop on the tour was the Teatro del Pueblo, where we briefly gazed at a number of murals on the ceilings of the lobby. We then walked to Mercado Abelardo Rodriguez (known as the Murals market) and made our way upstairs to view the powerful and haunting murals of Marion Greenwood (which were painted in 1935). We were drawn to a section of the mural where indigenous workers were holding up a ... read more

Here is a bike tour (mexicobiketour.com.mx) I signed up for: Bike through the biggest and oldest urban park of Mexico City at a soft rhythm, see the places where history meets with the modern city, museums areas and parks, go trough some of the traditional and commercial neighborhoods with cafes, book stores, and restaurants you can later visit for dinner. Learn about history, landscape and city environment. It is a four hour bike tour, starting at Cicloestacion Lomas. Sundays, the main avenue, Reforma, is closed to automobile traffic. So, peace and tranquility reign from 7am to 2pm every Sunday. I wish more cities did this. Wouldn't Las Vegas Boulevard be great on a Sunday morning in May or October? Or the Mag Mile in Chicago, 5th Avenue in NYC, the Ginza in Tokyo, or Nevsky Prospekt ... read more

The Mexican capital won an impressive number of categories among Latin-American cities: culture, shopping, and cuisine. And while plenty of readers come here, no doubt, to visit the Zócalo, or Plaza de la Constitución (it gets about 85 million visitors per year), a few restaurants are destinations in themselves. One is Pujol, featuring chef Enrique Olvera's forward-looking takes on authentic cuisine, like a suckling-pig taco with chickpea puree, coriander, and red jalapeño. Voters commented on the city's New York City-style fast pace, but they also raved about its parks. One not to miss: the ancient, waterfall-filled Chapultepec Park, which provided a relaxing green space for the ancient Aztecs. Mercado de Medellín In Colonia Roma sits a little gem, el Mercado de Medellín. Much like other markets, all types of fruits, vegetables and m... read more

Just a couple of days to explore Mexico City - I love this place!... read more

Usually I don't write much about the journey but travelling from Squamish to Havana was quite eventful. Our original plan would have taken us about twenty four hours... here's the story of how it took twice that... Thursday We woke late and had to push back our check-out time so we could pack. We left the hotel and caught the bus to the Greyhound terminal. We lunched in Tim Horton's before catching the Greyhound. This time the sun was shining on Squamish and we were blessed with phenomenal views as we drove back to Vancouver; driving along a fjord called the Straits of Georgia. With the low afternoon sun glinting off mountain tops and the water gleaming golden it looked heavenly. We were inspired to see more of the area in the future. Just as we ... read more