Y Mucho Mas for a Belated Wordless Wednesday Send Off: Mexican Extras Part 2: Skulls and Bat Gods and Wrestling and Things I Forgot!

We leave for a short-ish trip to Reykjavik today, so I thought this was the perfect time to share some last images of Mexico City from my trip last March. Also, I have no time to write very much so we'll call it a belated Wordless Wednesday post, shall we?

And these skulls (above and below) are the perfect image for the Day of the Dead, or Dios des los Muertos.

One of the great things about Mexico City is the way old and new are juxtaposed in surprising ways. Case in point: Templo Mayor, an Aztec Temple recently discovered right in the heart of the city. Above are the stucco-covered human skulls, victims of human sacrifice. These have been taken inside to protect them; here are the reproductions at the actual Wall of Skulls:

As much as I love a skull, my favorite thing at Templo Mayor may have been the bat god (left) and that cool Aztec warrior outfit (right):

The Palacio des Belles Artes

The Metropolitan Cathedral in the Zocalo

In my mercado post, I forgot to include the San Juan Market:

Squash blossoms

Huitlacoche

Sausages!

A shrine ... somewhere

Here we are all decked out to go to the fancy schmancy Dulce Patria. ... This was my only disappointing meal in Mexico City. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't memorable and it lacked the soul that everything else I ate had. Street food and fondas are the way to go.

Flashy, but not memorable

I much preferred the sopa Azteca at Cafe el Popular, which also cost significantly less

No cameras were allowed in Lucha Libre, but I sneaked this with my cell phone to prove I was there!

 So much happens in the Zocalo! Below is a huge zumba class:

This was a worker protest, I believe an electricians' union:

Enjoying our last day

Sunset on the Zocalo:

And finally, please check out montage of the action at the Zocalo that Poppa Trix put together. And I will catch up with you later in November, when I am back from Iceland.