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Mexico City is a food paradise. You can go from upscale and fancy to food stands and street food and everything in between. We aren't the fanciest people, so I did try to stay within our comfort zone. I will start off with our favorite food activity: the food tour! I've mentioned food tours before because we really like doing them in new cities. But this food tour was the best! Food Tour When looking for a food tour, I tend to look for one that will take us to parts of the city I wouldn't normally see. So when I came across Club Tengo Hambre's Merced Market food tour , I knew that I found the one.  Merced Market The Merced Market is one of Mexico's oldest and most important markets. It has over 6000 vendors and is a favored place for Mexican street food- and now I know why! To start the tour, we met at a convenient location near downtown and walked as a group to the market. This tour happened to be during the demonstration and we walked right by the President of M

We needed a good trip to take my parents on. They have done so much for us over the years, but particularly over the last year helping us get two houses ready to sell, including a rental that needed LOTS of love, and our new home move-in ready. And that took a LOT of work. My dad mentioned wanting to go to Mexico City, so the trip was born. Getting There I booked the plane tickets and found a great deal on what turned out to be a fantastic hotel as a surprise for them. Since there is so much to post about Mexico City, I'm starting with the basics: Lodging and Transportation.   We used points to book all 4 plane tickets to and from Mexico City with American Airlines. We both have the American Airlines credit card (get the application when you fly since there's usually a good promo attached) that helps us accumulate points which results in some plane tickets at least yearly, I'd say. The flight was direct from PHX and just over 3 hours long. Pretty e