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Walking
Streets, Mexico City
Mexico
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli
The day we went to
Plaza
Santo Domingo and saw the Inquisition Palace, we also walked to the
famous
Mexico City Zocalo. Another palace was there, as well as the largest
cathedral in the Americas and an ancient holy Aztec site.
Another amazingly beautiful day in the
capitol city, we continued our walk through the streets.

Beautiful stately buildings right
alongside sky scrapers
It wasn't the weekend, and we were
puzzled as to why there were so many people walking around on this day. In
fact, the streets were generally packed with a "group think" wave of
pedestrians all moving the same speed in the same direction.
It was a bit unnerving to us, but we
thought, "This must be life in the big city."
We found out later that this day was the
celebration of a religious holiday called Candelaria (pronounced: Kahn-day-LAR-ee-ah)
and many people were off work wandering through the walking streets and
going shopping.
It's not very clear in this photo, but
the walking area from the shops on the left side is all one level to the
shops on the right side. There are no designated sidewalks, no deep valleys
for drains and nothing to trip on from one side of the street to the other.

Beautiful corner building
The architecture was really eye-catching
here in the city. I don't know the name of this building, but it looks like
it was constructed with the same cantera stone that is common in this
area of Mexico.

Shops are everywhere!
I haven't seen this amount of shops
continuously, street after street, row after row, door after door in a very
long time. Shoes, bags, clothing, luggage, jewelry, cafes, - I mean
everything you could think of that had a name brand or private shop had a
presence here on these streets.
I really don't know how - once you
started shopping - you could hang onto your money. So many temptations and
all of them were Big City Gorgeous.
This particular street allowed vehicles
to drive one way. There was no parking and the small metal pillars kept the
traffic in between the lines. You will notice that once again, from one side
of the street to the other, it is all one level. Perfect if you had a
wheelchair, were skateboarding, used a cane or had bum knees.
The cafe on the left of the photo
declares they are the "Tip of Heaven" Cafe.
Nice!
Sounds like a great place to be!

Street musicians
Oh yes! and street musicians. For obvious
reasons, with all the foot traffic of the holiday, the musicians would set
up their equipment and passers by would leave them some coins. Their music
would bounce off the tall walls of the buildings and gave a soulful sound.

Beautiful, well-kept buildings
This is the building of the Nation's
Supreme Court. Very impressive.
The face of the walls were
well-maintained, and the wrought iron gives an elegant touch.

Outside marble plaque
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Another corner building
More stores are on the ground level.
Sometimes there would be fine dining upstairs and tables were placed by the
windows. It could be that the upper floors were residences or offices. What
a fine place to live or work! Right in the middle of the action.

Looking out the window from the 5th
floor restaurant
Just for the heck of it, we went upstairs
to the 5th floor of this building to Don Toribio Restaurant, ordered a
couple of beverages and some smoked marlin. Everything was delicious and the
view from up here was terrific.
If you look in the center of the photo,
there seems to be some people standing looking out over the balconies. These
are mannequins dressed in period costumes, over looking the street.
The two gray rectangular kiosks in the
center of the photo are newsstands selling papers and magazines.

Street corner Organ Grinder
We were surprised to see many old
fashioned Organ Grinders in the capitol City, but apparently they are a
tradition. For over 130 years, these Organ Grinders have walked throughout
the city making a few coins for their music, about $10USD per day. They are
licensed street vendors and what they do is considered to be a career.
Since they came from Europe in the 1800s,
their traditional songs used to be European Waltzes but their repertoire
shifted to the tunes of the time during the Mexican Revolution.

Palacio de Belles Artes
The Palace of Fine Arts is a prominent
cultural center in Mexico City.
Since it has hosted some of the most
notable events in music, dance, theater and has exhibitions of painting,
sculpture and photography, the Palacio de Belles Artes has earned the name
of the "Cathedral of Art in Mexico.
What a stunning building!
If ever you are in Mexico City, take some
time and walk around from the Zocalo to the walking streets all around this
area. It's so upscale, beautiful and clean.
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About the Authors
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli are
recognized retirement experts and internationally published authors on
topics of finance, medical tourism and world travel. With the wealth of
information they share on their award winning website RetireEarlyLifestyle.com,
they have been helping people achieve their own retirement dreams since
1991. They wrote the popular books, The
Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement and Your
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