Thewesternprovinceblog

Day 17 – Castle time

Hola Todos! Today was another day of sightseeing. We were up in good order around 0830 and decided today was a good time to do Chapultepec Castle, so we did just that, hopped into an Uber and headed for the castle. 

It sits inside quite a pretty park and the castle itself is on a hill and is a little bit of a climb but once you get up there you can get a great view of the city. Being early we were the first ones in and had the place to ourselves. Lovely stuff.

The castle was the former home of Mexico’s short lived Habsburg Austrian emperor, Maximilian I from 1864 to 1867 after which he was executed by the republicans and the castle was then the presidential residence for some years later. It houses a lot of exhibitions from these times as well as showing how the elite of that time lived.

Inside is an impressive exhibition showing Mexico’s history from the 1521 conquest up to Modern times. Again this place is deserving of it’s own reel.

After this it was time for Simon and me to part ways as he was flying back to Tijuana in the afternoon. His friend showed up though and we went to the Anthropology museum which again is great to learn the history of the tribes here. Many of which go back thousands of years before the Aztecs 

I’m planning to do the pyramids tomorrow. Thursday I start my way south.