Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City

My visit to Mexico City was a sea of mixed emotions. We traveled by bus from Aguascalientes to Mexico City over night. There was little sleep, and our arrival at the Mexico City bus station did not leaving me feeling welcome. There is a strange energy in this city that I'm not fond of. After a pastry & cappucino we were on another bus and on …

Monumento a la Revolucion y Bellas Artes …

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Started the day with a nice home-cooked breakfast. Went back to Terminal 1 of the airport. Currency exchange is best between Gates 8-9 at $12.70 Mexican to A$1, no commission. Inside the airport, at arrivals it´s M$10 to A$1. Big difference!

Bought SIM card at Telcel at the 2nd floor. I was told it would be difficult to …

... the mass. It was an interesting experience; one I won't soon forget. That night we attend the Ballet Folklorico at the regal Palacio de Bellas Artes. Tere's cousin works there and got us in for free! See I told you they were a friendly clan! The ...

I did the same run as the day before, around Parque Alameda and the Palacio de Bellas Artes. My sciatica wasn't quite as unnoticeable this time, however, even with the run barely over a mile long. Carrying Sophia so much during this trip made it ...

... clear outside. At 8 am I stepped outside to do a short run on the quiet streets around Parque Alameda and Palacio de Bellas Artes, past the overflowing congregation attending a Mass at San Hipolito (what saint is that?), back to the Sheraton. It was ...

... we went on 'Marky's Sightseeing Tour', a free service kindly operated by a local traveller, taking in sights from the Palacio de Bellas Artes (yet more Diego Rivera murals), to El Torre Latinoamerica (the highest building in Mexico City, with great views ...

... against us and we didn´t make the pyramids, Coyoacan...and being Monday, most of the sites were closed. However the Palacio de Bellas Artes was pretty, and there were some guys dressed up as Aztecs in the zocalo who performed an ancient indigenous soul ...

... the cathedral (built in 1525) and neighbouring Sagrario Metropolitano (built on the remains of an ancient aztec pyramid), el Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Hidalgo, Museo Nacional de Arte, Casa de los Azulejos, Paseo de la Reforma and el Angel de la ...

... im Park gesehen?" Na prima. Aber zurueck zum Tagesablauf. Bei bester Mittagshitze verschwinden wir im "Palacio de Bellas Artes", die wahrscheinlich bekannteste Kunstausstellung der Stadt, gefuellt natuerlich vor allem mit riesigen Wandgemaelden des ...

... ). Needless to say, the Cathedral , Palacio Nacional (with the magnificent three wall mural by Diego Riviera), Templo Mayor, Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Palacio Postal are the major attractions. We also went up torre latinoamericana to admire the ...

... imaginar estar aburrida por aquí!).  También tenemos diferentes excursiones, esta semana hay una excursión al Ballet Foklórico en el Palacio de Bellas Artes en la Ciudad de México. ¡Se dice que es el mejo y más grande espectáculo de ...

... into the Centro Historico.   Even without a guide book, a look at the map of Mexico City makes it fairly obvious that the Palacio de Bellas Artes located west of the Zocalo would make for an interesting destination. If a look at the map doesn't do ...