Olivia had a school assignment this week to visit an art museum so we headed out to La Casa Azul (The Blue House) of Frida Kahlo. Frida was a famous Mexican artist whose home (that she shared with her equally famous husband Diego Rivera) is now a museum.
This is not the museum. This is some church we passed when we got lost on the way to the museum. I still have no idea where we were but aside from getting almost towed away when we stopped to look at the map, it was an interesting city.
The center of the unknown city.
On our way again.
Still lost but enjoying the sites.
Viva Mexico.
A piece of interesting art, but not what we were looking for.
Por fin, we made it.
La Casa Azul.
We could not take pictures inside the museum but this pyramid placed in the surrounding gardens of the house was a great place for Diego to display his favorite pieces.
Varied pieces of artwork are on display inside La Casa Azul including earrings that Picasso gave Frida, portraits of each artist, and many pieces of folk art that they both enjoyed.
Olivia enjoyed her day, if not the road trip to La Casa Azul.
Stuart and I briefly stop for a moment of prayer so that we can make it home in less than half the time than it took to get here.
For more information visit the museum's website: http://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/EluniversointimoINGLES.html.
And in case you were wondering, we made it home in less than 30 minutes (it took almost 2 hours to get there). We were so close and yet so far!
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