Here are various other scenes from our wanderings around the center of the city.

Police were plentiful everywhere we went. The election-stealing protests in Mexico City were mostly wound down at this point, but there was much protest happening in Oaxaca.

A nice door.

Guns and toys.

Many little religious supply stores were selling everything you needed to equip your own manger scene.

Baby Jesuses.

Shopper with adult Jesus.

We stopped at a jazz club, Zinco, on the way home one night. An excellent little ensemble from LA was playing.

Casa de los Azulejos, a mansion a couple of blocks from the Palacio des Belles Artes. The son of one of the owners was told "you'll never build a house of tiles", meaning he'd never amount to anything. He covered this building with Talavera tile to prove his father wrong.

Inside the building is the oldest Sanborn's, which is now a national chain of soda fountains and department stores.

Several blocks had tents set up for protesters against the governor of Oaxaca.

The main post office, Palacio Postal, is incredibly ornate ...

... and toured by school kids.

This mural is made of stamps.

Down the street from our hotel were hundreds of vendors. Apparently it was illegal: the entire scene vanished in about 30 seconds at one point, followed by the arrival of a few police officers.

Handy guides in a gallery showing what to do in case of earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, rain of cinders, and lava flow.

Templo de Regina Coeli, a church with five gilded baroque retablos.

A chain of organic coffee shops.

Casa de Luis Barragan, a renowned Mexican architect. His house is quite plain on the outside, but they give tours by appointment. Unfortunately, we couldn't take any pictures inside.

A picturesque squirrel in the Bosque de Chapultepec, the largest park in the city. We visited a couple of modern art museums in the park (again, no pictures).

On to Coyoacan