I spent the past weekend in Mexico City. I had yet another camera incident, but luckily the only Pentax service center in Mexico is in Mexico City, it was a good excuse for a weekend trip. The even better news was that the store had the part and could repair my camera on the spot. Since moving to mexico I have broken the screen on my sony (dead), then the screen on my silver pentax (dead), my pink pentax went flying off a carnival ride 2 months after getting it (now currently being repaired), and my new waterproof pentax got a crack in the door, making it not so water proof anymore (now currently fixed). Let’s see how long I can go before the next “incident”
So after the camera errands, I headed to Chapultepec park, it’s kinda like Central Park for Mexico City and also houses a bunch of museums, as well as a castle, and Los Pinos, the Mexican equivalent to the White House.
Kinda looks like Central Park, a little....
I first went to Castillo (Castle) de Chapultepec which is where Maximilian once lived. It has all the normal castle stuff and also houses a history museum.
After the castle, I went to the Modern Art Museum, home to one of Frida's better known paintings (see below).
I spent the night in Coyoacan (which I had visited a while ago), but it was nice to get back there and see that the construction was finally finished and the fountain turned back on.
In the morning, I visited another small area called San Angel. San Angel is bascially a suburb and still has cobble stoned streets and a very quiet atmosphere. Diego and Frida had studios there for a while and you can visit their old house. It was actually two different houses, but was connected by a bridge. Unfortunatly you can't take pictures inside, but here's the two houses and the bridge.
Cobble stone streets of San Angel
This was just a random series of houses in a row, all sharing the #33, probably not that interesting to anyone else, but I like the colors.
Then I went to another museum, but more for the fountain in the courtyard than for the muesum itself. The fountain is made out of shells, talavera from Puebla, and porcelin from China.
After that I visited the Convento El Carmen, which may be one of the coolest convents I've been to so far. It is very well restored, has some great religious art, cute courtyard and fountain, cells, a golden chapel, a nice orchard, its own aqueducts, and a talavera tiled basement filled with natural mummies, some of which are still dressed in fully intact suits. Unfortunately, again, no picts allowed.
And finally some pictures of the market in San Angel
