Mexico City, around the city

on the fourth day in the city, we met up with fiona, who’s wedding we were there to attend!  we met up for breakfast, then she showed us around a cute part of the city, and then spent the day running errands for the wedding, which included such fun things as buying alcohol and visiting an awesome local market that actually has good things to buy in it. breakfeast [flickr id=”11028970725″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”] the house fiona’s grandparents owned, now a restaurant [flickr…

Mexico City – Chapultepec & Coyoacán

On the third day in Mexico City, noa and i decided to start the day with a visit to the Chapultepec Castle.  The Castle is roughly in the middle of Mexico City, in a huge forest.  We were told the forest is about a third of the greenery in mexico city, and therefore is referred to as the lung of the city.  it was really cool to be in such a big city and to forget about it because your surrounded by so many trees.  very…

on arriving in mexico city

now that we are home, its time to start getting through these mexico city posts! So we arrived in mexico city around noon a full week before most of the other wedding guests.  This gave us a lot of time to explore the city, and bum around. the first two days were somewhat of a blur.  the day we arrived, we went and had some lunch, and then tried to stay awake, but ended up napping around 7 until we decided it was indeed time…