Hello From Mexico City – A Relaxing Evening In Coyoacn
Last night after our big first discovery of Mexico City I had a couple of hours of rest before Vanessa and her mom took me to one of the most picturesque areas in the city: Coyoacn, an area located south of the downtown core. The traffic to get there, as you can imagine, was absolutely incredible 4 lane streets with no markings, people squeezing in and out between cars as they pleased, trucks cutting in right in front of us with just millimeters to spare
Fortunately we made it without a scrape and we finally got to our destination: the well-preserved colonial area of Coyoacn whose name literally means Place of the Coyotes. Sure enough, in the center of the Jardn Centenario there is a big fountain featuring two coyotes.
Coyoacn is one of the most historic areas of Mexico City and almost 5 centuries ago, Hernn Corts, Mexicos conquistador, and his Indian mistress La Malinche spent a lot of time here. Today the whole area is full of cafs, restaurants and bars, and there are a variety of crafts and food markets to be visited here.
Three famous personalities had their homes here and all three...