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These pictures are from May 2005, but I wanted to write a story on my blog on Mexico City for which they are quite useful.
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El pasado viernes 14 de diciembre acompañamos al Sr. Isidoro Pablo Hernández Castillo, Presidente Municipal Constitucional de Chapultepec al encendido del árbol de navidad en el centro de ese hermoso municipio de nuestro Estado de México, y en el marco de una verbena popular se entregaron juguetes a los niños y regalos a sus papás.
Chapultepec Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill. The name Chapultepec stems from the Nahuatl word chapoltepēc which means "at the grasshopper's hill". It is located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at a height of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft) above sea level. The site of the hill was a sacred place for Aztecs, and the buildings atop it have served several purposes during its history, including that of Military Academy, Imperial residence, Presidential home, observatory, and presently, the National Museum of History.
It is the only royal castle in North America that was actually used as the residence of a sovereign: the Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, and his consort Empress Carlota, lived there during the Second Mexican Empire.
My wife and I were walking through this beautiful park in Mexico City one Saturday many years ago when we were suddenly surrounded by a group of high school students on their way to the Anthropology Museum. They immediately started to practice their English on us, and when one of them spotted my trusty Konica Auto S2 they insisted I take a group picture. I think you can spot my wife in the picture. Just think, these "kids" are now in their mid- fifties with grandchildren!!