Museum Day

Not a name of a holiday. Just wanted to highlight 2 museums I went to today.

(1) Frida Khalo Musuem
My friend picked me up in the morning to drive over there. Good thing, since it’s pretty difficult to get to with public transportation. Another girl from the hostel joined us as well, since she couldn’t figure out a way to get there on her own.
The museum is housed in an adorable blue house (no wonder why it’s also known as Casa Azul). I think she lived here for most of her life. In addition to some of her art works, furniture, books, and various other trinkets in her house are on display.
I’d give it 3 stars out of 5.

(2) National Museum of Anthropology
This place is absolutely amazing!!! A zillion items on display. 5 out of 5 for sure!
The exhibitions are in chronological order, and highly educational. It was great to be able to read (in English!) about all the Central American ruins I’d seen so far.
It’s also the home to the famous Aztec calendar. We used to have a wooden version in our house…I wonder what happened to it.
Because this museum is massive, I only got through the first floor which goes over all the ancient cultures. The second floor is dedicated to indigenous cultures, like artwork and textiles. I could do without.

On an aside...I went to see Mexican wrestling last night. Lucha libre. How fun!!!
Left with a bunch of people from my hostel, but only 3 of us (all girls) made it. Here’s what happened – We first went to the wrong arena. All the guys (6 of them if I recall correctly) didn’t want to go to the other one. They were hungry!!! So, they left us on our own, preferring to grab a bite to eat instead. You know, Mexico City isn’t the safest place, especially at night. I can’t believe the guys ditched us!!! But whatever. We wanted to see the wrestling, so we took the metro to the other arena. And had to pay 34P (30P face value) to get in. But whatever.
Lucha was a looooooot of fun. Very fake, but entertaining. Not that I would go see it a second time…
I loved the wrestlers’ outfits. Thought about buying a mask, but then what the heck would I do with it?!?!?! Wear it on Halloween??? Decided on a more practical key chain instead.