San Angel, Coyoacan and Condesa

Our second day in Mexico City has been quite busy. We started the day with one last stroll around the Centro Historico, before we sat down to a healthy breakfast at the hotel restaurant. (They actually have an egg white omelet and green juice on the menu, so we went for it!). Our taxi driver arrived early to transport us to our second accommodation, the delightful Red Tree House in the Condesa neighbourhood. Although we arrived at 9:20, much too early, we were given the red carpet treatment: Jorge met us on the street and helped us with our bags, Alex made us a second breakfast, a "taste" he said, of the day's dish (good thing we had the healthy breakfast earlier), and Craig provided us with a map of the area and very good directions to the bus we planned to take to our destination for the day. He also gave us tickets for the Metro to return in the afternoon. While we were exploring the city, the folks at Red Tree House moved our luggage into our room. I think we will like it here.

Art at the Bazar

Moi

Streetscape along San Francisco Sosa, in Coyoacan

Eating healthy

Inside the Blue House

Patio at Red Tree House

We bravely set out on a bus, (sitting in the women's section), which took us to the Avenue La Paz and the Saturday Bazar de Sabado, a wonderful market with lots of local art available. Before leaving Toronto, I had found a walking tour of the Coyoacan area and this was our first stop. We also visited the Templo de San Jacinto, and the Diego Rivera studio across from the San Angel Inn. Eventually, (after I got us lost twice), we made it to a pretty little restaurant for lunch (La Pause) and then to the Jesus Reyes Heroles Cultural Center, the Plaza Hidalgo with the Templo de San Juan Bautisto, and finally to Frida Kahlo's Blue House, now a museum.

We walked a lot today, usually on uneven cobblestoned streets, and that made us tired. Poor Sue developed a blister on her toe and was most uncomfortable in the last part of our journey today, so we decided to change our plans for the return to our B&B. Instead of taking the subway, we managed to get ourselves a cab back to the Condesa neighbourhood, although our driver got hopelessly lost when trying to find the Red Tree House. Eventually, rather than run the meter up any more, we bailed on him and got lost ourselves. Trust me: the Romans did not build the roads in Mexico City. No matter - we eventually found our way back to this lovely place where Eduardo greeted us and showed us to our room. A little later, he walked us to our restaurant of choice, La Lampuga, where we shared a delicious seafood dinner.


We ended our evening with a glass of wine on the patio here at the B&B, where we chatted with Alan,  Calvin and Jeffrey, all fellow Canadians.