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The Land of Chocolate Milk

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Tom in Accommodations, Gallery, Travel

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Lake Texcoco, Mexico City, Xochimilco

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Angel of Independence — Mexico City’s iconic centennial monument — was just four blocks down the street from our hotel. I was astonished to find that the twenty-three stairs surrounding the base were added long after the statue was built. It seemed that El Ángel had actually risen from the earth some fifteen feet since she was built. She hasn’t. Mexico City has sunk around her.

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