My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
I’m trying something new to make it easier for you to follow our Mexico City trip from the beginning
You can go to the first blog post of our trip by clicking on this link.
At the end of each blog post after that, there is a link to the next day’s blog post.
It took us four days, but we made it!!
Wednesday we drove from Reno to Walnut Creek. Duke checked off four things from his “things for Grandpa to do” checklist. I rested, socialized, and tried to get rid of my cold.
Thursday we took BART to San Francisco Airport, and at 4pm boarded an SAS plane bound for Copenhagen, Denmark.
On Friday around noon we landed, exhausted in Copenhagen. We stayed at a great airport hotel, napped, then walked across the freeway to a sandwich shop for dinner. We tried to stay awake but by 8:30 I was sound asleep. I woke almost every hour but went right back to sleep and didn’t get up until 8am. Jet lag is hell!! Getting a good night’s sleep gave me a new outlook on life.
Saturday we had a fabulous breakfast at our hotel. In the afternoon we took a RyanAir flight to Sofia, Bulgaria. We took the metro into the center and walked to our hotel. That’s where we are tonight.
We had a very good dinner at a nearby restaurant called Social Café.
We had a very leisurely last day in Mexico City. Several parks in Mexico City have Audioramas. An Audiorama is a quiet, separate place within the park. They often have music and comfortable seats. We walked to the Audiorama in Parque España and then to the one in Parque Mexico. We enjoyed the peaceful settings and sat and read. We had ice cream and saw the sites along the way.
Saturday night we had tickets for another concert at Parker & Lenox. Before the show we shared guacamole in the hotel then at the show we had more snacks. The concert was a great Blues group. They were doing two shows and we went to the first one.
Sunday morning we got up at around 3:30 a.m., caught an Uber to the airport and arrived back to San Francisco about 9:30. Duke and I were picked up by Allison. She drove us to Walnut Creek where we picked up our car and drove home to Reno. It snowed A LOT in Reno while we were gone!
This morning for breakfast we went back to Toks where we ate yesterday morning. Our breakfast was delicious.
After breakfast we went back to the hotel and then walked to the Monument to the Revolution. The giant arch has a museum, a cafe and an observation deck. It is the tallest triumphal arch in the world. Our visit included going down into the foundations and up to the lookout at the very top.
Next we walked to the Biblioteca Vasconcelos. The library is nothing special on the outside but it’s stupendous on the inside.
For dinner we had tacos at Taquería Orinoco. We agreed that it looked like an In-N-Out for tacos. They were busy. The tacos were wonderful. And the people were very friendly and helpful. We ordered a second round.
As we walked back to the hotel after dinner we had a great view of the arch.
Here is the link to our next blog post for our last day in Mexico City and our trip home.
We moved from the Historic Center to a high rise hotel, Le Méridien, near the Monument to the Revolution. While we waited for our room to be ready we went shopping at the Mercado de Artesanias La Ciudadela.
We snacked for dinner first we had guacamole in the hotel. Then we went to see a tribute to Amy Winehouse at Parker and Lenox Jazz Club.
Click on this link to read the next blog post of this trip.
We are staying at the historic Casa Sauto Hotel overlooking the Zocalo in Mexico City. On our first full day in the center we had breakfast across the street at Bisquets Obregón. Then we went to the Department of Education to see their murals. They have over 100 murals primarily painted by Diego Rivera.
As we were entering the museum they warned us that there would be an earthquake drill at 11. And so at 11 our phones and the buildings buzzers all went off. It was all very organized. The drill took about 20 minutes. We had to line up with the employees in the courtyard and be counted. Apparently the simulation involved a big earthquake near Oaxaca. In the simulation the shock waves took about ten minutes to reach Mexico City.
On the way back to our hotel we walked by the excavations where the prehispanic Templo Mayor was excavated.
During the afternoon we went to the exhibit at the Museum of the City. Then in the evening we went to see the Ballet Folklorico at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Tomorrow we change hotels to a different neighborhood. You can read the blog post about that here.
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