We returned to the 20 de Noviembre market in search of festive flags to fly from our deck when we return home.  The place was teeming with activity even on a Sunday morning. In fact the whole city seems to have notched up the tempo with more people arriving for the "Navidad" and the Day of the Radishes ("El Dia de los Rabanos") which is held today in the "Zocalo" or main square. The police presence is impressive and has also ticked up notably. Many uniformed transit police, "Policia de Vial," are positioned at just about every other corner. In fact, I should mention that we have felt very safe walking around this city in just about every neighborhood. The misinformation about scary, unsafe Mexico is over-hyped. We're safer here than in Portland!

    Our choice of dinner spots was an out-of-the-way place called "Tortilleria Moneda," which we had seen promoted on YouTube as a very authentic eatery offering authentic hand ground and handmade tortillas. The owner was a gracious lady who showed us how she grinds her own corn and makes her own corn masa from a variety of five or six locally-grown corn varieties. The food was delicious and the prices extremely reasonable.  Paula had a "memela" and a taco and I had three tacos "dorados." With drinks the total was 160 pesos or $8.00. Unbelievable!

20 de Noviembre market--trinkets and more trinkets

They do like their mezcal

Owner working near "comal," gas heated cooking surface

Nearby mural.

Corn molinillo (grinder)