Frida and Coyoacan

My Aunt Laura and Mariana
Mariana was so excited she got to skip school to hang out
explore museums and cultural sites 

an art museum in Xochimilco (So-Chi-Mil-Co) in southern Mexico City, 

based on the collection of the Mexican businesswoman Dolores Olmedo.

The five-building complex contains paintings and is cluttered with

 nearly 6,000 pre-Hispanic figurines and sculptures as well diverse living animals

 Xoloitzcuintles and Indian Peafowls kept in the gardens of the museum.

Peafowls All over the place, in the trees, in the walkways, under windows, in bell towers 

 Xoloitzcuintles Pronounced: Show.low.a.skweent.lee
AKA: Mexican Hairless Dog
The Xolo is native to Mexico.
Archaeological evidence shows that
the breed has existed in Mexico for more than 3,000 years 

Xolos were considered sacred dogs by the Aztecs because they believed the dogs were needed by their masters’ souls to help them safely through the underworld

Tree of Life

After the Dolores Museo

The Casa Azul!

or the Museo Frida Kahlo

It is located in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City. The building was the birthplace of Kahlo and is also the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for a number of years, and eventually died, in one of the rooms on the upper floor.

Frida's studio
The outside walls are lined with clay pots
These pots were to attract and house birds

Frida's Room looking in 

Frida y Diego / vivieron en / esta casa / 1929-1954

Frida En Vivo
Giving a tour of the museo
combining song and personal stories 

My lil Cousin Mariana

 my little cousin Alex

Trolly Ride around Coyoacan

Coyoacán is one of the sixteen boroughs of Mexico City

 The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means “place of coyotes,”

it is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mexico City

This area is filled with narrow cobblestone streets and small plazas, which were laid out during the colonial period, and today give the area a distinct and bohemian identity.

One of the most important historic buildings in the borough is the Parish of San Juan Bautista.
 it is one of three oldest parish churches in Mexico City

Yummies.