The rhythm of my life abroad changes when I have company. As my guests are typically only with me for a week or two, we cram a lot of things in. On my own, I tend to take it much slower and easier.
In the seven days that my visitors were with me in Mexico, in addition to touring around the city, Karen, Simon and I have made five excursions outside the city, with a very helpful guide (Fernando from El Planeto Mexico) we found on Trip Advisor.
I like to think I am free from cultural biases, even subconscious ones, but being in Mexico City has taught me (once again) that I am not.
I have thought about coming to Mexico City for many years. Mostly, I longed to visit the world class Museum of Anthropology, and to stand on the site of the Templo Mayor, part of what remains of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, where they believed the centre of the universe was located, and where the Spanish destroyed what they could and built on top of the rest.