Mexico City - National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia) - Krista photo
1. The most
impressive museum I have ever seen (I went twice): The Museo Nacional
de Anthropología
2. The dignity and elegance of Paseo de la
Reforma avenue, especially on a Sunday with the crowds of promenading
locals
3. The colonial palaces and villas of the Coyoacan
district; this is traditionally an artists’ neighborhood, with a wealth of alternative culture, as well as the outstanding Frida Kahlo
Museum!!!
4. The cobblestone streets of the San Angel district.
5.
Visiting Zocalo, one of the biggest public squares in the world, late
in the afternoon.
6. Behind the vibrant surface of society there
are real injustices, but this enormous city really does present a
a wonderfully colorful spectacle to tourists.
7. The Condesa
the neighborhood, where we stayed – a perfect choice - with the best French patisserie of the Americas!: Ficelle Boulangerie Patisserie (Av. Tamaulipas 39, Colonia Condesa)
8. Calle Tacuba
in the old town
9. The charm of the Roma Sur and Roma Norte
districts
10. The Zona Rosa in the evening
1. Apart from Zocalo
and the cathedral, the old town (Centro Historico) doesn’t have as
much atmosphere as San Angel, Polanco or other districts.
2. On
weekends and holidays the crowds of pedestrians on the sidewalks make
walking uncomfortable
3. The information we were given about the
public safety risks meant that we felt uneasy walking through the
city, though in fact nothing bad happened to us.
4. The street
food can cause stomach problems – and don’t even think about
drinking the tap water!
5. The air is so polluted that you can
taste the soot when you breathe.
6. Xochimilco, with its
Venice-like canals and artificial islands, is an interesting tourist
destination, but at the same time it’s also a bit too kitsch and
‘artificial’ for my taste (others will surely feel
differently)
7. The metro is a very practical way of getting
around the town, but – stupidly – we took it late on a Friday
afternoon, and it was horrendously overcrowded.
8. Plaza Garibaldi
was somewhat disappointing, with its industrial-scale production of
mariachi music.
9. The Napoles district was nothing special,
though we’d read in many places that it’s interesting
10. The
sidewalks are in such terrible condition that we constantly had to
watch where we were putting our feet
