I have not kept to my usual schedule of blogging. My husband and I were in La Ciudad de Mexico for a wedding. A beautiful wedding in a small jewel of a church. Since the mass was in Spanish, I caught only a little of it. A mariachi band walked the bride down the aisle and also performed at the reception!

While in Mexico City, we ate tacos on the street, visited a restaurant that could have provided the template for the village square scene in the movie, Coco, and visited several museums and Tenochitlan. (This is an archaeological site, well worth a visit.) I tasted pulque, which I liked better than I expected.

One of the museums we visited was El Museo del Artes Popular. Really interesting with displays of pottery, embroidery and a special display on El Dia Del Muertos – the Day of the Dead. In fact, skulls and skeletons were everywhere, not just in this museum, but as souvenirs in the Anthropology Museum and as trinkets at the Mercados on the street.

We also visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The original church is sinking. Although it has been pumped up, the slant is still obvious. A beautiful modern church that seats 10,000 is nearby.

Everyone was lovely to us and didn’t mock my pathetic Spanish. We never felt unsafe. We did not drink the water; even the locals drink bottled water.