Mexico 2023

Chilaquiles for Breakfast! Entrance Hallway  Gilardi House  Indoor Pool We match the walls Stunning Animal Statue in front of alabaster Inside Diego Rivera's Studio Elias and Guillmore                             Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera Studios Tile Murals at the University of Mexico Chamber of Secrets Library at Guillermo Tovar de Teresa Mirrored Garden Click below to watch me roll our bed which is on tracks out to the Patio!   Interior of Maximo Lobster Pasta Seared Octopus  Today was a day dedicated to touring the architecture of Mexico City. We concentrated on Louis Barragán, Mexico’s most famous architect. We had tried to get tickets to see his studio, but It is almost impossible. We did have a great guide: Elias Herrera who showed us many of his other houses. The highlight was wondering through the  Gilardi House . It is a masterpiece. The original family still lives in the house. Its use of color and light are breathtaking. We loved it! The pictures speak for themselves!  

Breakfast on Patio Chest from the Franz Mayer Museum  Courtyard at Franz Mayer Museum First Shopping in Mexico Our Daily FaceTime with Barbara   Black Cod Lobster Pasta We awakened after a good night’s sleep. Not sure if was from our exhaustion from the travel day, the wine and margarita we had with dinner or the sleeping pill, no matter, we slept like babies.   We had a wonderful breakfast on our patio then took an Uber to the Franz Mayer Museum. The traffic was terrible. It reminded us of Delhi or Bombay. One huge difference is there is no honking of horns like you constantly hear in India.   The museum is housed in an old colonial monastery that has been repurposed as a museum of decorative arts. Franz Mayer was a financier who collected  artworks, books, furniture, ceramics, textiles and many other types of decorative items over fifty years of his life. A large portion comes from Europe and Asia, but most comes from Mexico itself with items dating from the 15th to the 20th centurie

Suckling Pig Tacos Asparagus Risotto We were picked up by Timmy’s favorite driver Avi for our ride to the LAX. He is quite a character but surprised me by the route he took. He drove downtown avoiding all freeways and then took Flower. He calls it the “Flower Highway”. The street is one way 6 lanes wide with the lights synchronized. It was a fast way to travel south! Learn something new every day.   LAX is a mess with the ridiculous people mover they are installing. Even when it is installed I think it will be a disaster. We are flying Areomex to Mexico City. Crazily, we had to check in at Aeromex which is NOT in the International Terminal and then take all our luggage over to the International Terminal. It’s ridiculous that Aeromex is not in the International Terminal. All it’s flights arrive and depart from there. This was mitigated by the fact that we are part of TSA Pre-Check which I think is part of our Global Entry Status with Homeland Security. At any rate they directed to an en