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Mexico City by the numbers
4166 - Miles flown round-trip from Duluth, MN to Mexico City
2240 - Meters (7382 feet) above sea level is the Central Mexican Plateau where Mexico City was built
1985 - The year of a deadly earthquake in Mexico City that destroyed 412 buildings (many historic) and the city suffered major damage due to its large magnitude (8.0) and poor building foundations because the city was built on an ancient lake bed (and is currently buried beneath Mexico City from Aztec times)
1935 - The year Diego Rivera completed the "History of Mexico" murals in the grand staircase of the Palacio National building
1907 - The year the Palacio de Correos de Mexico was inaugurated by President Diaz dropping two postcards in the bin under the golden staircase
1519 - The year Spainards (and their diseases) arrived in Mexico City. In August 1521, Hernan Cortes and the Spainards conquered the Aztecs during the Spanish-Mexican War and established their capital of Mexico City on the ruins of Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
235 - number of murals in the Secretaría de Educación Pública (education ministry) building painted by Diego Rivera between 1923 and 1928
75 - degrees difference (in Fahrenheit) between Duluth and Mexico City when I arrived January 15
23 - highest score (out of 25) that we had collectively playing the card game Hanabi in our apartment
19 - kilometers (12 miles) biked on the incredible Mexico bike tour around central CDMX with Antonio and his sweet son Camillo (highly recommend)
18 - Mexican pesos to US$1 (current exchange rate)
17 - kilograms my suitcase weighed with all my purchases from the Sabado Mercado (Saturday art market)
11 - A.M. the exact time of the national Earthquake simulation drill, which occurred while Annie and I were eating tacos in Las Terazas over the Zocalo in El Centro and had to evacuate
10 - pesos to take a round trip subway ride anywhere in the city ($0.55)
6 - number of neighborhoods we explored on foot (20,000+ steps/day) - Condesa, Coyoacan, San Angel, Roma, Polanco and El Centro
5 - miles I ran on Sunday around Chapultepec park up to El Castillo (the castle) and around the lago (lake)
4 - tasty, upscale, and relaxing meals - Lardo for breakfast, Entremar and Resaurante San Angel Inn for lunch, and Pujol for dinner
3 - museums visited: National Museum of Archeology , Blue House (Frida Kahlo Museum), and the folk art museum
2- number of former soccer teammates from Macalester - Annie and Cara - and besties who are always fun to travel with (we've now traveled together in Minneapolis/St. Paul, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Chicago, Amherst, Naples, Lima, Puerto Maldonado, Tamarindo, Seattle, and now Mexico City)
1 - great weekend get-a-way, where to next ladies?
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| College buddies - Katie, Annie and Cara - in Mexico City |
2240 - Meters (7382 feet) above sea level is the Central Mexican Plateau where Mexico City was built
1985 - The year of a deadly earthquake in Mexico City that destroyed 412 buildings (many historic) and the city suffered major damage due to its large magnitude (8.0) and poor building foundations because the city was built on an ancient lake bed (and is currently buried beneath Mexico City from Aztec times)
1935 - The year Diego Rivera completed the "History of Mexico" murals in the grand staircase of the Palacio National building
1907 - The year the Palacio de Correos de Mexico was inaugurated by President Diaz dropping two postcards in the bin under the golden staircase
1519 - The year Spainards (and their diseases) arrived in Mexico City. In August 1521, Hernan Cortes and the Spainards conquered the Aztecs during the Spanish-Mexican War and established their capital of Mexico City on the ruins of Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
235 - number of murals in the Secretaría de Educación Pública (education ministry) building painted by Diego Rivera between 1923 and 1928
75 - degrees difference (in Fahrenheit) between Duluth and Mexico City when I arrived January 15
23 - highest score (out of 25) that we had collectively playing the card game Hanabi in our apartment
19 - kilometers (12 miles) biked on the incredible Mexico bike tour around central CDMX with Antonio and his sweet son Camillo (highly recommend)
18 - Mexican pesos to US$1 (current exchange rate)
17 - kilograms my suitcase weighed with all my purchases from the Sabado Mercado (Saturday art market)
11 - A.M. the exact time of the national Earthquake simulation drill, which occurred while Annie and I were eating tacos in Las Terazas over the Zocalo in El Centro and had to evacuate
10 - pesos to take a round trip subway ride anywhere in the city ($0.55)
6 - number of neighborhoods we explored on foot (20,000+ steps/day) - Condesa, Coyoacan, San Angel, Roma, Polanco and El Centro
5 - miles I ran on Sunday around Chapultepec park up to El Castillo (the castle) and around the lago (lake)
4 - tasty, upscale, and relaxing meals - Lardo for breakfast, Entremar and Resaurante San Angel Inn for lunch, and Pujol for dinner
3 - museums visited: National Museum of Archeology , Blue House (Frida Kahlo Museum), and the folk art museum
2- number of former soccer teammates from Macalester - Annie and Cara - and besties who are always fun to travel with (we've now traveled together in Minneapolis/St. Paul, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Chicago, Amherst, Naples, Lima, Puerto Maldonado, Tamarindo, Seattle, and now Mexico City)
1 - great weekend get-a-way, where to next ladies?
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| Exploring Frida Kahlo's neighborhood, Coyoacan |
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| Inside the education building and along the walls on all 3 floors are Diego Rivera murals |
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| The main plaza |
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| Folk arts museum |
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| Beautiful hand crafts folk art |
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| Belles Artes subway station |
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| Running by the lake in "Ciudad de Mexico -CDMX" |
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| CDMX |
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| Birds of Paradise |
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| Diego Rivera murals |
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| Rivera murals |
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| Department of Education murals |
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| Post office art deco |
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| Post Office |
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| Teotihucan pyramid in the museum of archeology |
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| Shield made of feathers |
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| Replica of Mexico City when it was a series of floating islands |
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| Items traded in Mexico City |
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| Sun dial |
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| Feather artifact |
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| Raining at the museum of archeology |
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| Sunday bike tour along the streets of Mexico City |
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| Biking down the main thoroughfare, Avienda de la Reforma |
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| Fountain in the middle of the street |
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| History lesson about the Aztec's and the former lake that surrounded Mexico City and how the Spanish conquered the capital city |
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| Art deco next to modern art |
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| Palacio de Bellas Artes |
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| Torre Latinoamerica, opened in 1956 it was one of the largest skyscrapers at the time built in a seismic zone. It withstood an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. |
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| Annie and Cara eating at the chocolate museum |
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| Homeless camp |
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| Murals |
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| Park fountain |
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| Murals |
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| Fountain |
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| End of the bike tour |
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