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For the first time I got to see a FIFA waold cup live. It is of course the U-17 but... it is a world cup!!!

My weekends have been crazy since my hometown has been selected as one of the host cities. So I could not miss cthe change of going to watch the games!! Crazy, I've been on the road three times for the past two weeks. And I am forcasting some a couple more to go.  The next one Mexico will be playing the Round of 16. So it will be awesome... Downside, it is a Thursday so I will dissapear from work a few hours earlier

As part of the celebration of National day, the embassador organized a party at her home.

They only invite Swedes living in Mexico and some other ambassadors. But this year I got to go with a Swedish friend...

Perfect time to dress up as a European again!!!

One of my friends is preparing to run the Chicago Marathon. I can't go because I have no money or free days left.  But I am running with him during the weekends.

Today I ran 16 km in 1 h 37 min.... I think that's the longest I've ever run... wow!! I am EXHAUSTED!!

Here are more pictures of the archaeological sites visited in the Mayan peninsula last february. We did  the Puuc route. Just driving from one archaeological site to another starting with the Loltún grottoes and ending up in Uxmal.

1. Loltún Grottoes



2. Labná



3. Xlapak



4. Sayil



5. Kabah



6. Uxmal

One of the many things that impacted me the most is the sculpture collection on the top floor.

The museum holds the largest collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin outside of France, and the world's largest private collection of his art.

Crazy!!!

And has at least 20 sculpturess by Dalí!

  

  

This is the first time I've seen something like this in Mexico

I love museums with great works of art but I can't believe that we didn't have anything like that in Mexico

The worst part is that it is private. All the artworks belong to the richest man in the world (who happens to be Mexican). So he decided t o build a museum to show his private collection.

The museum contains the world's largest collection of pre-Hispanic and colonial era coins.  You can also see works from Rodin, Salvador Dalí, Picasso, Renoir, Miró, van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Manet, Murillo, El Greco, Tintoretto, Tiziano, Lippi, and so many others... Still... crazy that it is private!!!!

I loved it!!!

Can you tell this is a van Gogh?? and there are 3 of them!!




And a Chagall? I haven't seen one since 2000!!