Friday, December 28, 2007

Blogging in Mexico Day 7

We left for the Zocalo on a beautiful day
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On our way to the Zocalo we stopped at the oldest department store in Mexico, where we caught this cop goofing off
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The restaurant inside was Pancho Villa's favorite
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The nuns on the street were a good indication that we were going the right way
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Though Shrek and Fiona were a bit disconcerting
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Finally, we arrived
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The cathedral of Mexico City served a dual purpose. Not only as a place of worship, but as a model to the native peoples of the glory that is Christianity, and the Spanish did not disappoint.

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And like all good creepy vestiges of medieval Catholicism, they even had relics. Hands, skin and bones of various saints.
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As always, a reminder of the dual nature of Mexico's culture is never too far off. These indigenous dancers were outside of the cathedral.
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We then hoofed it back to the palace of fine arts (Bellas Artes), where we saw a few paintings by Diego Rivera
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However, too much culture can be rough on people from L.A, so we ended our day with Anti-Culture
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That's it for Mexico! Tomorrow I'll be back in LA, readying for the primaries, bitching about the strike, finding bizarre stuff on the web, and being my annoying old self... Thank god.

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