Mexico City Travel Blogs

And this is how the adventure starts. I woke up very early today to take my flight to Houston and then to Mexico City. Everything went out as planned. I couldn’t sleep very well the night before because my advisor had me working until late, but I guess the excitement of the trip took over because…

Christmas in Mexico City is a strange experience. The usually busy, dirty, noisy city was completely deserted. Here and there we encountered a lost car or pedestrian, but for the rest the city was eerily empty. The Zócalo, the always busy square in front of the cathedral, was just so weird wi…

Because we had stayed out so late the previous night, Mel and I both needed some extra sleep. I had to be out of my hotel around 1PM, which is when Mel picked me up. Sadly, I only had 2 hours before I needed to be at the airport. We quickly drove to Xochimilco, which is an area of the city that…

The final day in Mexico! Isn't it amazing how times goes by so quickly on a holiday! It's such an eventuality, and yet you feel the pinch everytime it happens. So for my last day, I did a "London" tradition of just walking around town before I headed to the airport. The good part about staying in t…

The following morning I was awoken by chickens. This was actually anticipated. What wasn't was that I suddenly felt like a pensioner climbing stairs. Now, it turns out that Mexico City is high up; 7,400 ft (2.2 km) to be precise and the chickens and I were higher up in the hills north of the city i…

Our last day was so bittersweet for me. I definitely took my time getting up and exiting the hotel because I just didn't want to leave!Sybil and I discovered that the metro on weekdays is QUITE different from taking the metro on weekends when there are less people and things are much more relaxed. …

Debout a 8h pour Bib et 9h15 pour Pau. Le temps que Pau se leve, Bib a deja eu le temps de peter l ordi (enfin surtout la souris) de l hotel en voulant encore mettre des photos dessus. Trop drole. Du coup on fait tout avec le clavier, vive le Tab, comme au bon vieux temps. On passe donc toute la ma…

First impressions of landing in Mexico City - I had NO IDEA how many mountains surrounded this area!  WOW!  An amazing site, to be sure - and I was just pumped to get a view of this huge city that I had heard so very much about. Once off the plane, I said goodbye to my group of new frien…

So we are finally here in Mexico City!! The flight over was killer, 12 hours in Economy class and not in the fire exit seats we were promised! I managed to get some kip on the plane for about an hour and when I woke up Brendan was making a plan for our trip. Crazy that we started planning on the pl…

So, we´ve gotten back to Mexico City to celebrate its Day of Independence and partake in what the Mexicans call "El Grito".  And what a truly interesting and memorable experience.  What other way than to do so in the Zócalo, Mexico City´s main square.  We were amongst many re…

So our final day in Mexico City came and it started like most of our other days in there...with us not hearing the alarm and sleeping way past the hour we wanted.  Today we were supposed to head towards Coyoacan to meet a former professor of mine and of course to buy some handcrafts and s…

Si quieres conocer la tradición del día de muertos no tienes que alejarte mucho del Distrito Federal. En el Zócalo se arman buenos altares de muertos;se tratan diferentes temas y casi siempre se hace burla de la muerte.    

I spent a few days in this wonderful city in the summer of 06.   To be honest, I didn't care much about this city, until that is I tried a hawaiian torta outside the "metro". This city is, in my opinion, the NY of latin America with the difference that is a lot cheaper. Great food, nice p…

The Most Friendliest Dangerous City I arrived at Toluca airport around 9PM.  I am about an hour away from Mexico City.  Normally I would not arrange to arrive in a dangerous city at night.  But, I have received pretty specific directions from Luis on which shuttle to take and which …

This year commemorates the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo's birth and Mexico City did a wonderful job in celebrating her life and work.  On my first day, I visited Casa Azul (Blue House) in Coyoacan, a charming suburb of Mexico City.  It was a very special visit for me because this…