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
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the house fiona’s grandparents owned, now a restaurant
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Then we went to the zocalo to eat a late lunch and have some drinks!
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cool rooftop patio
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now see the top of these trees?
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super cool restaurant where we ate
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mixed mescal drinks. so good
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living wall indoors
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It was a great day spent with fiona, and it was wonderful to get to spend that time with her alone before everyone else arrived in order to catch up with whats going on in life. and she showed us some of her favourite spots, which was a delight to share with her.
the next day noa and i were on our own again, so we went and explored some more. the nice thing about having so much time to explore a city is that you don’t have to rush and do things every day. we were able to relax, go out on a nice leisurely pace, and just explore.
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then we stumbled across our idea of heaven
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The Monument to the Revolution. notice the tents a the bottom? there a teacher strike, and they were all camped out there. funny thing is all the tarps were held down by ropes which criss crossed the paths at about my chest height, so i was ducking and bobbing all over the place trying to get through it.
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the yellow horse
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the post office
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overal it was another pleasant day walking around and an end to our fifth day in mexico city.