• Museo National de Anthropologie

    January 13, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    I treated myself to french toast for brunch at a cafe next to a park in Roma Norte, where I could watch all the morning dog walkers. This ended up being less enjoyable when I realised I'd forgotten my purse and Google Pay didn't work. So I had to leave my phone with the nice waiter and run back to my hostel for money.

    I'm not sure I fully experienced Roma and Condesa during my stay as I didn't really see the hype - lots of restaurants and cafes but otherwise I'm not sure.

    I did a quick bag move to a central hotel and then took an uber out to the Museum of Anthropology. This museum is IMMENSE!! I spent 2 hours there and barely scratched the surface. There are so many artifacts, murals and reconstructions. It goes right through the evolution of man, to the first arrivals to the Americas through to Teotihuacan (~100-700AD), the founding of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City, ~1325) by the Aztecs, and the great Mayan empires.
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