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Outside Frida Kahlo's Childhood Home  
   

Outside Frida Kahlo's Childhood Home

This is in Mexico City. I wasn't able to take pictures inside without buying pass so let Nick take them on his camera and I only have this one. It was really amazing walking the hallways of her home turned Museum knowing she had spent her incredible life their. She and Diego lived there until their deaths. They had their paint easels and even the bed with the mirror above it that you see so often in pictures of her. It was really a highlight to the trip. The area the house is in was really beautiful and very Historic with very cool houses. Also seems to be an area well known for good coffee and Churros! Lines were at all the different coffee/churro cafes. The smell of roasting coffee filled the air.
Wow what a trip!

November 9th 2012
Home Sweet Home! I love to travel but I alway's love coming home. We had a busy trip and a bad internet connection so waited to finish the blog. The trip in total was 9 days with two of them mostly travel so we really tried to cram a lot into our days without feeling like we were rushing through like crazy turists. For me it is as important when visiting a place to not only see the highlights ... read more
North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca

Mexican Flag The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more
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