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Day 16 Monday.
mural outside the Ciudadela market

Our final day! Had breakfast on the hotel roof terrace. Rob was suffering from a bad stomach, which started the day before and was getting worse, guessing it was from the terrible burger he had at VIPS on Saturday night, so we took it fairly easy for the day. Packed and checked out of our room, putting luggage in the hotel storage (arrived in Mexico with rucksacks, left with 5 bags, much to the amusement of the hotel Porter!) and walked to La Ciudadela artisan market. Yes, it’s a tourist trap and we definitely noticed the higher prices this time round, but its still a great way to spend our final pesos. (still had a tiny bit of space in my luggage for some final gifts and souvenirs!) Had lunch in the market café, where I first tried tortilla soup on my first visit to Mexico, so I wanted to have that for my final meal here.

Walked back to our hotel. The plan was to visit the nearby Miguel Lerdo de Tejada library to see the murals, but Rob really wasn’t feeling well, so instead we spent our last hour resting in the hotel lobby and repacking the luggage to fit our final shopping.

Our flight home was that evening, we had another chatty friendly driver to take us to the airport and the journey through airport security and the flight itself all went well. Very grateful that past me decided to splash out on an upgrade for the journey home, that little bit more space and comfort was needed!

So, my second visit to CDMX. Last time it was a culture shock and I felt I had only scraped the surface. It wasn’t the original plan to spend 4 days here this time, originally intending to go to Tepoztlan with just an overnight stop here before going home, and we did feel we were repeating too much of our last holiday. However, it was good to revisit some favourite places and get to others that I didn’t make it to last time. Not sure I love it as a city, but this might have been down to staying in the Centro Historico on a street which just wasn’t pleasant at night. However it is an incredible, and fascinating city, with so much to see. Will we visit a third time? Who knows what the future might bring!

Photos https://vampyresheep.smugmug.com/Holidays/2022-Mexico/11-07-Mon-Ciudadela-market-and-journey-home