Day: January 16, 2025

Mexico City day 2 – the Anthropology Museum

Today we walked to the Anthropology museum and spent several hours exploring the ground floor exhibits about all the different cultures that inhabited Mexico up until the arrival of the Spanish. The museum is a bit overwhelming. There is so much to see, and so many cultures that I know nothing about. But it is a wonderful place to visit, one of the top museums in the world and I truly enjoyed it.

Xochipilli – Lord of the flowers from the Chaldea culture
The sun stone
Teothuacan’s Feathered Serpent pyramid
Mixta Codex Columbine
Description of the Codices

When he was planning this trip Duke made reservations at some top rated restaurants. Tonight we went to RosaNegra. It was fabulous. The service was attentive. The food was exceptional. And the vibe felt very Mexican. It was fun, energetic and happy!

Duke,s octopus
My sea bass fish of the day
Celebration at a nearby table

Our first full day in Mexico City – the Soumaya Museum

We are planning to spend eleven nights in Mexico City on this trip. For the first six nights we will be in the Polanco district.

We walked to the Soumaya Museum. It was built by one of the world’s richest men, Carlos Slim. It contains his enormous art collection. We visited the museum the last time we visited Mexico City. I love this art museum. It has works by almost every well known artist and a lot more. It has five floors and is organized roughly by the art eras. And entrance is free!

Museo Soumaya
Duke at the entrance thinking
The entrance has some replicas of statues like Michelangelo’s David, but the work on the far wall is the Doors of Hell by Rodin.
The Doors of Hell
In the sculpture gallery on the top floor.
Who would have thought that phone books would be in a museum
Works by Renoir
I’ve never seen funny art done in the 1600s. The top painting is the Barbershop with Monkeys and Cats and the bottom painting is Monkey’s Tavern. They are both by Teniers.

On the walk back to the hotel we stopped for lunch at Maque Cafe.

Lunch at Maque Cafe
Yummy Mole

After our late lunch we went back to the hotel and napped. Duke had bought tickets for a show at a jazz club called Parker and Lennox. We took an Uber to get there. Even though the club was only about three miles away the traffic was so bad that it took an hour for the Uber to get to us and for us to get to the club. We had dinner there and then enjoyed a great show.

Parker and Lennox
Part of our dinner at the bar
The show in the back room.