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Arrival in Mexico City

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Celebrating Day of the Dead Tuna Tostada Alter in Lobby at Casa Polanco View of our private deck from our room All the free alcohol in our room! We finally got our Mexico City Trip. We were planning to go for Cathy’s Birthday but after having a pre-birthday Colonoscopy she was ill and we cancelled the trip. It took her 6 weeks to return to near normal. The Colonoscopy (which will be her last) was her birthday gift to me. Wasn’t that sweet? Lesson learned always be the first colonoscopy of the day.   Well 6 weeks later the delayed trip happened. I can’t overstate how messed up LAX is. I can’t believe the disaster it is. We wanted to minimize Cathy’s walking. It turns out you check in at one terminal and then needed to hike over to the International Terminal. Almost all the concourses do NOT have moving walkways. Luckily, I saw one of the golf carts driving by and I flagged him down. He took us to an area that had wheelchairs and wheelchair pushers who then took us to the gate. I gue...
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You don’t always get what you want

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  Lincoln Park Oposite Casa Polanco Typical Barragań interior Beautiful Cobble Stone Streets At Casa Polanco Today was a tour day. We started with the buffet at the hotel a beautiful selection of breakfast items and then I ordered Green Sauce Chilaquiles. I love this spicy Mexican dish. I did notice on the menu that they make French Toast with Sourdough brioche infused with Mexican whiskey and cinnamon, served with Papantla's vanilla creamy sauce and organic berries. I am sure I will try this! For years we have wanted to visit the Mexican Architect Luis Barragán’s Studio. We love his architecture, his use of light, color, space and greenery. He won the Pritzker Prize, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize but for Architecture. Tickets to visit his home and workshop are extremely hard to get. On every previous visit to Mexico City, I would get on my computer daily as the trip approached and attempt to get tickets I always failed. Visiting this site became an obsession for us. We made ou...
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