taxi tourisme

is becoming common... lately

green taxi

national palace

you can almost see the murals on the 2nd [american] floor.

by diego...

these murals are all created by diego rivera in national palace between 1929-1945. they depict every major event and person of mexican history. while i was there i was surprised to see his different styles of painting between different murals.

diego [+frida] studio

*some photos by ricardo [all photos by ricardo's camera]
**some info here

caza azul

this the museo frida kahlo where frida kahlo was born and lived, and in which diego rivera asked for her hand in marriage. this is where they offered their hospitality to trosky and his wife in 1937 and where all 4 met up with andre breton in 1939.

*info taken from the mexico knopf guide [recommended esp. for visual guys]

the structural material: