We thoroughly enjoyed having Jeremy's sister, Allison, stay with us for a week. (Oh, how having an extra bedroom makes all the difference when hosting guests!) We had one expecially fun day in Xochimilco (pronounced So-chee-meel-co), to the south of the city, where we took a boat ride on a trajinera down the canals with new friends, ate "pre-hispanic" Mexican food, including chapulines (grasshoppers) and pulque (made from the Maguey or Agave plant), and visited the Dolores Olmedo Patino museum. The musem boasts the largest collection of Diego Rivera paintings and sketches, and was infact her home (she is deceased now), which is an old hacienda with lush gardens and pre-hispanic furless grey dogs and peacocks.
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| View of the Cathedral downtown from Las Sirenas (awesome resto-bar with gorgeous patio and view) |
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| Sculpture at the Dolores Olmedo Patino Museum in Xochimilco |
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| Vanessa and Jeremy with Diego Rivera Bust at Dolores Olmedo Museum |
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| Allison (Jeremy's sister) and me at the Museum |
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| Pre-hispanic dog statue with real dogs! do you know which one is which? |
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| Gardens at the Dolores Olmedo Patino Museum in Xochimilco |
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| Vanessa excited for her chapulines...fried grasshoppers with butter and onion |
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| Fried Chapulines (grassoppers), a typical Oaxacan dish |
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| Trajineras (boats) at the canals in Xochimilco |
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| Canal boat ride with our new friends, Luis (from DF) and Olivia (from Australia) |
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