Mexico City or D.F. - La casa de Frida , Cafe Tacuba, La bandera, Ballet folklorico

The day began with a walk with Landis who wanted to show us this fancy hotel. It had a small bakery where I bought some dark brown whole wheat bread. Yum.

Left: Evidently this is a small luxory hotel. I actually don't know its name. 

Right: This is a vertical garden in the hotel restaurant. It is a work by VerdMX a nonprofit green organization that works to improve Mexico's air. I have seen two of these art pieces in the city.

We then went to a beautiful famous resaurant called "La casa de azulejos" due to the blue tiles which decorate its exterior. The interior is also covered with a couple different beautiful murals. I had a cactus juice drink and pancakes/hot cakes for breakfast. The cactus drink wasn't bad. It was pleasant to me mostly, because it wasn't too sweet.

Left: The ceiling a slight variation on the beam and color style. this time using wall paper with beams.
Right: A mural by José Clemente Orozco.

We then went to the home of Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera, but more of Frida. It was the home of her family and where she was born and died. It was blue with an inner courtyard. 

The house is also a museum so there was art everywhere. I think the frogs in this pool are fun.

I also like this paper-mache head though I am not sure why.

Frida's rooms had stuff on the ceiling above the bed which is something I personally find appealing in a room. She also wrote her and her husband's names on the wall of her kitchen in small cups.

Here we are relaxing outside the gift shop after walking around all day

(Alina, Chelsea, Matt, Marissa, Me)

Left: These cars and corner shops are life savers when your searching for water this one was parked outside the subway. 

Right: Street art- a pair of wings in a middle walkway between two crowded streets.

Lunch was at the famous Cafe Tacuba where they had beautiful stained glass windows.

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 In this restaurant, the waiters dress as nurses as it used to be an old hospital, and we were serenaded by a very talented mariachi band.

 This painting of the tortilla maker is fun as it shows a little of how skilled the native people of Mexico were. They actually taught quite a bit to the Spaniards including team sports. 

The next pictures are of the retiring of the flag from the plaza in front of our hotel. In Mexico they do not fold the flag; they twist it.

In the evening, we went to a splendid dance performance known as the Ballet Folklorico at Las Bellas Artes. The building is a palace and the ceiling is domed stained glass of the nine muses. I would give the performance a 10/10. It was captivating and captured the spirit of Mexican history.