We started out today by visiting the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico. They had a photographic exhibition called Patrimonio through the lense of Santiago Arau. Santiago Arau is a Mexican photographer who works primarily with drones. His photographs and accompanying prose gave me a totally new and fascinating perspective on Mexico City. It was perhaps the best photography exhibition I have ever seen.
Did you know “the city is surrounded by — and built on top of — some seventy volcanoes”.
And did you realize that Mexico City had a population of 350,000 in 1900 and now the population is about 23 million!
Our hotel room in the Zócalo Central Hotel looks out over the Zócalo and the Palacio Nacional. The Palacio Nacional was our second stop. We spent about an hour looking at their art displays and rooms highlighting other countries.
Across the street from the Palacio Nacional we went through the Antiguo Palacio del Arzobispado. (The palace of Mexicos first Archbishop, built in the1530s) in one of the stairwells is a mural of Mexican heroes
For dinner we had a wonderful meal at the rooftop restaurant in our hotel.
Later we went to a 10:00 Jazz show at Zinco Jazz Club in a bank basement venue nearby. The show was a Billie Holiday tribute and it was great!
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