Mexico City Delights

The city can overwhelm you, but we limited ourselves this time to what we could reach on foot or via a short bus ride. Most of one day was spent at the National Museum of Anthropology, rated among the finest museums in the world.

In the evening we strolled past Alameda Central Park, home to the Palacio de Bellas Artes, through wide pedestrian plazas full of street performers and outdoor cafes.

Return to Mexico

We flew from St. John's on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, to rejoin Vagrant Van, waiting for us in Mexico. VV is a 28-foot Class-C motorhome that we bought four years ago so we could spend our winters in the sunshine. So far, we have preferred Mexico's brand of sunshine. We have been leaving the motorhome at an RV park and flying back and forth between Newfoundland and Mexico.

For the second year in a row, we left our home in Holyrood with the grass still green and free of snow. As we flew out, the snow was on its way, confirming that we had chosen a good date to flee winter.

This year we took Air Canada to Toronto and on to Mexico City. Both flights were on time and trouble-free and we arrived in the gigantic city by mid-day. We had booked a hotel for a couple of nights to do some sight-seeing before travelling to the RV park. I chose the Hotel Imperial based mostly on its exterior, which turned out to be its finest asset.

We enjoyed strolling the streets, admiring both the historic structures and monuments, as well as the exuberant architecture of the modern buildings.

     







I found more photos from our April 2011 visit showing some other dramatic new designs -- taken from the upper level of our tour bus.