Mexico City photos

Mexico City Turibus excursion. The Centro Historico is giant and lively, and Mexico had just celebrated its 199 years of independence from Spain three days before we were there.


Dancers in the Zocalo (main plaza). They made a fabulous sound and kept dancing for hours.


Plaza de las ranas - frogs were very important apparently. There's also a giant snake head behind the second frog. The conquistadores forced the natives to take apart their temples and used the stone blocks for cathedrals.


A sacrificial altar in Templo Mayor.


Bas-relief prayer bench in the Templo Mayor.


Sculpted skulls on an altar in the Templo Mayor.


Lunch on the rooftop terrace is a super posh restaurant.


World's cutest husband on top of the cathedral!


The bells in the cathedral tower. The red-white-green is for Mexican Independence Day, 9-16. Next year is 200 years of post-colonial Mexico AND 100 years since the Mexican Revolution!


The Palacio de Bellas Artes and Ballet Folklorico


The Angel - an awesomely powerful landmark.