ExcursionsMexico – 22 de Julio – 8 de

Agosto, 2011

Mexico City on a very

Clean Air Day

Zocolo Mexico City

– Cathedral

Nacional (similar to the

National Cathedral and the White House in Washington, D.C.)

Palacio Nacional interior in front of the President of Mexico’s

Office

Murals of Diego Rivera –

Palacio Nacional

Ruins of the Templo

Major – the largest

Temple of the Aztec

Empire (which was

Destroyed to make

Way for the Nat.

Cathedral and

Palacio National

Museum de

Anthropology

Cuicuilco – the world’s

only circular pyramid.

Occupied from 1000 B.C.

to 100 B.C. when over ¾th

of the site was buried by

lava in a volcanic eruption

(i.e. Mexico’s Pompeii)

Coyocuan – the

oldest colonial

neighborhood in the

Americas (Victor’s

childhood

neighborhood).

San Juan Baptista:

Coyocuan – where Victor

and Nora were married.

Dancing & Eating: Zocolo de

Coyocuan. Roasted corn

(with either just lime or a mixture

of mayo, cheese & chili). I did

the roasted corn & lime. LOL

Bakery in Coyocuan – picking up just

a “few” evening dessert items. LOL.

An amazing evening with one of the top directors in the Spanish

speaking world previewing his new movie & Q&A with just a few

family members. It was like a night with John Houston.