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.
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