Of course, we have had several opportunities to take to the streets during this trip to Mexico City.
Street crowds & 
Vendors
We toured the Zócalo, the great main square of first Tenochtitlan and now CDMX. Since we are in the Chrstmas season, the crowds were still large on a Thursday morning and afternoon.
When walking round the city, it is easy to get a sense of vertigo, as there always seems to be a large building, usually a church, leaning at an odd angle. No matter how many times I saw one, it still challenged my balance, and walking in them was even worse.
Not exaggerated! 
sinking forward 
what’s with that tower 
is it just me?
In the cathedral at the Zócalo, the leaning got so bad they installed a pendulum to measure it. By injecting cement, they have gradually moved it back toward level, but its not there yet.
Pendulum measures lean 
injects cement under the floor
A quintessential chilango (nickname for CDMX natives) thing to do is to ride the boats in Xochimilco, a canal among some of the remaining man-made islands from the original lake Texcoco. It is highly touristic, but still fun, even when there are more boats than waterway in the canal.
Pole power 
a rare tranquil moment
We didn’t attend a bullfight, but we did visit the bullfighting ring, said to be the world’s largest.
Famous Mexican matador 
Look, no guardrail!
We saw these guys all dressed up near the Plaza Mayor. While it’s all fun and games now, there are reminders of how things used to be.
Anybody want a picture? 
All we wanted was a selfie!
Two more posts coming, one on our last day in CDMX and another with some general impressions!