Mexico City with T(w)eens

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Anonymous wrote:Went with 14 and 16-year-old daughters this past spring break and loved it! But you’re right, many of the tours have a tequila tasting component. Look for the same tour and see if there’s a churros or chocolate version. In addition to the suggestions you’ve received, we enjoyed a Frida Khalo bike tour of Coyoacán. And the cave restaurant referenced earlier is La Gruta.

I did manage to find one, but at least you understand what I’m talking about. Will look up the Frida Kahlo bike tour and will definitely hit up the cave restaurant

Great, more gimmicks!

This is OP - I am fascinated by this poster!

I am really curious whether it is Chicken Bus or Marriott Gold poster from the thread a year or two ago. That was an absolute whackadoodle thread that I think started with a question about Guatemala and descended into this fight between two people that we dubbed chicken bus and marriot gold who were fighting about who was better traveled and more cultured. There were a lot of aspersions cast on people who did peace corp, if I recall. It was so insane I was actually a little sad it ended.

What on earth are you talking about?!

It was a classic scum thread. I haven’t thought about it in a long time but the tone of the person attacking OP for her plans reminded me very much of the posts of this thread. Can’t believe no one else remembers iit—I guess it’s not quite Brunch Granny status.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/1032075.page#21891622

I remember it! It's definitely a classic in the travel forum.

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But, how are the malls in Mexico City? Is there a particularly good one?

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Anonymous wrote:But, how are the malls in Mexico City? Is there a particularly good one?

I wasn't trolling. We have an upcoming trip to Mexico City, like to pack exceptionally light, and have discovered that taking our tweens to local malls is not only a good way to discover how local people really live but also a fun activity that provides an incentive for good behavior after dragging them to museums.

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Anonymous wrote:But, how are the malls in Mexico City? Is there a particularly good one?

I wasn't trolling. We have an upcoming trip to Mexico City, like to pack exceptionally light, and have discovered that taking our tweens to local malls is not only a good way to discover how local people really live but also a fun activity that provides an incentive for good behavior after dragging them to museums.

I’m the snobby PP and I think this is a great idea! A much better way to see local life than a Lucha Libre event, cheesy food tour, or hot air balloon ride. Now to answer your question, try Antara or Forum Buenavista.

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Anonymous wrote:Lucia libre, food tours, and hot air balloons? Oh my. Why even bother to travel?! They have museums and ruins, you know? I suggest Castillo de Chapultepec, the Anthropology Museum, and Templo Mayor for starters. Maybe a cathedral tour. Otherwise just stay home. And sorry your European walking tour was so dry, but maybe it was just you. Those are normally great.

Hilarious. My husband, I, and two friends are in our 50s and we did all these things on our last trip to Mexico City. We also did museums and ruins. I can assure you we are seasoned "cultured" travelers. There are more to cities than museums and cathederals.

PP here. I assure you you’re not!!

I hope you are amusing yourself, because you are not funny or clever to anyone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But, how are the malls in Mexico City? Is there a particularly good one?

I wasn't trolling. We have an upcoming trip to Mexico City, like to pack exceptionally light, and have discovered that taking our tweens to local malls is not only a good way to discover how local people really live but also a fun activity that provides an incentive for good behavior after dragging them to museums.

I’m the snobby PP and I think this is a great idea! A much better way to see local life than a Lucha Libre event, cheesy food tour, or hot air balloon ride. Now to answer your question, try Antara or Forum Buenavista.

Thank you!

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Resurrecting this thread - have you taken your trip yet? I will be taking my 10 year old dd in October for a long weekend. We are thinking about doing a tour or two, then plan to just do things like take the metro, go to the mall, grocery store, movie theater, etc. We also have a day set aside for Chapultepec park. We will not spring for the hot air balloons - I wonder if Teotihuacan will still be fun to explore now that you can't climb the pyramids.