We went to Xochimilco this morning and took a boat ride on the canals. I was surprised at how many families there were picnicking on the boats. And talk about a riot of color...
In the evening, we went to a performance of the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico at the Palacio del Bella Artes. While the show itself was great, what amazed me the most is that they allowed photography! Which is how I ended up with these shots:
In between, we finally managed to file a report of yesterday's pickpocketing. We'd attempted to go to a ministerio publico (police station) the night before based on directions from the US embassy only to discover that it had closed down a while ago. Asking around for the nearest ministerio publico didn't yield any results until we asked a couple police officers, and by the time we finally got to one, all the interpreters had left for the day and we couldn't do anything. Which is why we had to wait till today to get it done. The scariest thing about this whole ordeal is that we were told more than once that we were lucky -- that it was just a pickpocket and not a robbery by a gang of thugs!
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