Mexico City, May 2023

Below is art at the Houston airport.

For the last two nights I stayed at a hotel, Be Mate Masaryk. On Sunday morning, there was a bike riding event on Avenida Presidente Masaryk. Purple building at Glorieta Presidente Masaryk, 110m west of the hotel Cover of a menu in a local café Statue of a blue man sitting on the edge of a roof. I have no idea what he is doing there.

 View from an apartment in Polanco Saturday morning  Interesting architecture on the way to El Ángel de la Independencia  The angel himself  A Star Wars gathering, two days after May the Fourth   Another view of the angel, with interesting architecture in the background, and one of the ubiquitous magenta taxis in the foreground   We stopped at a local Starbucks for fruit drinks, and found this handy guide for what to do in case of earthquake or fire:   More interesting architecture (two pictures)       Next we visited the Castillo de Chapultepec, a seat of local government for centuries. Here’s my ticket:   Four pictures inside the Castillo. The first could have used a tripod   The head and hands in this painting are very detailed, almost photo-realistic, while the rest is rendered using white loops on a black background View from the castle down the Paseo de la Reforma Roof garden. The Dutch angle didn’t work. Templ...

 We stayed at a VRBO in La Condesa. Here’s a house in the neighborhood.   Breakfast in one of the cafés in the neighborhood on the 5th   The evening of the 5th we went to an upscale restaurant, with a Mariachi band. I had escamoles and chapulines.   Afterwards we went to Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling), which was amazing, but too dark to take pictures. Here’s my ticket: Pesos in Mexico use the same sign as dollars in the US, so that's about $30 USD.

I arrived in the evening of May 3, and left the morning of May 8. It was incredible. Here’s some art at Logan Airport in Boston. There were lights flashing on and off.  Sunset over Mexico You don’t need to get a visa before visiting; it’s all taken care of at customs in Mexico. Here’s the paperwork: