Mexico 2019 - More this and that around CDMX

As I've said before, you never know what you're going to encounter in Mexico City.  Riding in to the Zocalo one afternoon, there were these tents set up sheltering grassy places created for people to get out of the hot sun.  

And a very good orchestra performed.

"Celito Lindo" - a Mexican anthem - You'll recognize it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=wo0-J54PacI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZJheLI4v-E 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=Fllqj7AdOsI

Another sidewalk photography exhibit.

A Protest, an attention getting one for sure.

At a gallery in the neighbourhood

 Yes, another Ciclovia

This is approaching Villa de Guadalupe, the epicenter of Virgin of Guadalupe worship.

 I had no idea that this Ciclovia route ended up there and was surprised when I recognized it.  I had come here by subway in the past and it seemed like a long trip with transfers and waiting.  By bike, on the car-free streets, it seemed fast and effortless.

Stay tuned........

Mexico 2019 - Tepoztlan revisited

I think I've introduced Jaap in a previous post but, in any case, I met him in Guanajuato when he visited there and stayed at Casa Bertha.  He is from the Netherlands and has lived in Mexico City for some years where he is a language teacher.  We get together now and then for coffee or a beer when I'm around.  He has a fondness for Tepoztlan and, though I'd been there not long ago, I thought it would be fun to go with a friend and one who is more familiar with the town.

 This time we'd skip the hike to the pyramid.  When I was there before, that hike wore me out and I didn't have much energy for exploring the town.  So this time we concentrated on wandering the streets and that was plenty of exercise too as it's a hilly town.

 Lots of murals

"Our roots go beyond Disney"

 The University for Wellbeing

A museum in the old convent

 The journey home under a full moon.

Mexico 2019 - Street art

Outside the Senate building on Reforma there is always a photo display along the sidewalk.  The exhibits seem to usually have some social/political content.  This one serves to highlight a program, "Healing through Art".  It's a sort of arts therapy program for people who have suffered trauma of some kind, primarily kids, but adults as well.

Further down Reforma was another sidewalk photography exhibit, this one highlighting the work of Mexican women photojournalists.  

Guatemalan Refugee in Southern Mexico

 

 For some reason I struck up a conversation with this woman who was there with her quite elderly father.  I think I commented about the photo and it turned out that she was the photographer!  She was there to show it to her father.

Mexico 2019 - Another Sunday in CDMX

My first day back in Mexico City was a Sunday and, as usual, the streets were full of festivities.  Like this Flower Festival on Reforma.  

An exhibit on Iran

People hanging out playing music:

And another Ciclovia!  

 This is part of the cycling for the blind program which is component

of the Ciclovia every Sunday.  A way for people with blindness to get out on a bike safely as the man in back is doing.

Here's that jazz band again. Getting right in your face.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J4ZqOlvqd8&feature=youtu.be


This is the Imperial Hotel; opened it's doors in 1904 and is one of the truly grand, old hotels in the city and has hosted numerous celebrities. 
I was only able to take one photo of the interior before I was turfed.