Hola Mexico!

Most of you know that I am here planning an event in Mexico and last week I headed there on mission to scope out the venue and have other meetings. I started in Mexico City and then headed to Cancun. The weather was a refreshing change from the dreariness of Paris in the winter and the food was amazing!

Not only was this my first trip to Mexico, it happened to be at the same time as Papa Francisco. Because the Pope was there, our schedule was a little disrupted but despite that, we managed to get around.

Since I arrived on a weekend, I did have one free day which is always a nice thing. I was with my boss who had been to Mexico City several times so we didn't hit the centre old part (next time!) but we still saw some great things.

First stop was the Museo Nacional de Antropologia. It's located in Chapultepec Park and designed by Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and characterized by its iconic umbrella roof. It is a really neat museum that covers all the different regions of Mexico - of course we did it backwards but it was still good :)

This represents a mythological tree and depicts eagles and jaguars
which are important symbols to the pre-Hispanic natives

The displays are sometimes embedded in replicas of archaeological sites and the museum flows from inside to outside.

 


And here is a sample of some of the artifacts that the museum holds:

 

The sun stone, or Aztec calendar stone is the most famous Aztec sculpture and is found in this museum. There is a debate when it was carved but estimates but it in the early 1500s.

From there we headed to an artisan market where purchases were made!

 The rest of the trip follows in other posts!