Today we went to Chapultepec Castle, otherwise known as Castillo de Chapultepec. What a beautiful castle and area. It started to be built 1725 by a Spanish leader Bernardo de Galvez and was used as a home to royalty and presidents, as a military outpost, and now as a museum. Similar to Alcatraz, you have to walk up this long, steep hill to reach it. However, unlike Alcatraz it has a regal beauty and luxuriousness that you can soak up. Amazing portraits, artwork and artifacts from Mexican, Spanish and Aztec times are displayed throughout the great halls and ornate salas.
Walking through Chapultepec Parkto get to the Castle. Vendors selling everything you can think of (also called tiangas) are lining the sidewalks.
Cotton candy in vivid colors, as well as tongues...
little sis and me, happy feet
a huge mural by the front staircase, a remembrance of revolution
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these are actual skulls found at Aztec temples dating from the 1500's. There were 7 men and 7 women sacrificed here. They displayed the skulls on huge sticks...eeewwww...
fashion and photography
then of course, here's your choice of sexy bachelors to choose from back in the day
Bachelor Number 1
He likes bread pudding, dark comedies and eyebrow molding wax
Bachelor Number 2
He enjoys reading historical texts, playing gin rummie and hitting the garage sales on the weekends
Bachelor Number 3
He enjoys riding his Schwinn 10-speed through the park and powdered sugar on his pancakes
Bachelor Number 4
He enjoys baking cupcakes, brownies and strudel and then eating them in bed while watching chick-flicks
Bachelor Number 5
He enjoys roller-blading, chatting on the Twilight fan club site and listening to the Ting-Tings. He claims to be very focused in life...
the gardens upstairs, pretty poinsettias to celebrate Christmas
family portrait, taken in huge golden framed mirror
taking a drink...
then we rode off into the sunset...
What did you do this weekend?
