More Mexico City

While walking to and from meetings and lunches I did see a few other things in Mexico City. Unfortunately I don't really know what I saw but most of it was in San Angel so maybe the rest of you know!

and apparently my pants are too long for me!

And our colleague from Mexico City was more of a tourist than any of us and was the one taking the most photos.

Flavia in action!

Mexican food anyone?

So I thought that the food needed its own post because it was the highlight of the trip for me. I always knew I liked the food but it was better than I imagined! There were many tacos, tostadas and of course guacamole! And all of this was covered in salsa verde which happened to make it back to Paris with me :)

One of the best places I ate was El Cardenal. While we didn't go to the original site, it was awesome!

And more importantly, a little sample of what we ate . . .

The most amazing guacamole

A traditional chicken soup

Coffee with a little cinnamon and sweetness 

Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of everything but there was a lot of chile achilles for breakfast of all things, some tortilla soup and desserts with dulce de leche.

And of course, there were a few beverages to top it off

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!

A Little Lausanne

About a month ago I was in Switzerland for work. I didn't get much time to do much outside of the conference but the dinner for the event was in the Olympic museum in Lausanne. It was already dark when we got there and I only had my phone so the pictures are not great but you'll get the idea :)

The first part of the photos are what you see when you arrive and lead you up to the entrance. . .

And the rest are from inside the museum . . .and I think I got a bit obsessed with Canada so there quite a few pics of Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal.

Calgary is the one in the middle

You should be able to pick out Vancouver, if you are Canadian :-P

Anyone recognize the yeti looking guy?

This is the an actual camera from the Berlin Olympics which were
the first to be broadcast on TV

I just thought this was cool

There were a lot of speeches in German even though we were in the French part of Switzerland so instead a few of us spent out time checking out the medals.

Where I live

and where I was born

 And again a little of Canada . . .