We decided to rest up a bit today and just head over to a market to explore the Coyoacán Mercado experience. We took an Uber for $6USD and as we exited on the Saturday, there was an art market set up in the adjacent park. We wandered through colorful paintings, creative string art, 3D sculptures, and general creativity before heading in to the market.
The Mexican mercado is basically a very large building encompassing a city block that has hundreds of vendors selling everything you can think of, including food. We found a Starbucks city mug for half the price of what we’d have paid at the coffee shop and Kathy found a shot glass she’ll use for painting as well as a nice packet of small tipped brushes for her painting. We ate at a Mexican/Asian fusion place called Hibachi Lova on stool seats at a counter about 8 feet long. It was delicious.
We ended up walking back to the AirBnB, which took about an hour. We stopped at this big store called Liverpool, which turned out to be a high-end department store similar to what Dillards or Macy’s once were in the US. We found some official Mexico Football shirts and decided to come back to get one.
We got back to the pups and I took them for a long walk and then we took a siesta nap. It was Valentine’s day and we walked to the Italian restaurant on the corner, had a nice meal and enjoyed the local musician and singer that were posted at the restaurant for the night. The gentleman played soprano and alto saxophone and the lady sang a variety of songs, including Shania Twain’s I feel like a woman.
The puppies got another long walk in the local park before bed. It was a Saturday night and there was a movie playing in the park for the locals. The previous week and the following week they have live music playing in the park, but unfortunately we missed that this time around.