Mexico City is famous for many things, but perhaps most of all, people around the world know one thing about this sprawling metropolis: It’s big. Huge. An almost inconceivably massive place. Home to 9 million people, it’s the largest city in North America. And the metro area? Closer to 22 million.
And on a previous visit, I sought to see as much of this Mexican capital as possible. I sat in interminable traffic, heading to markets, galleries, and historic sites. I shopped along Avenida Cinco de Mayo and joined the crush of tourists and locals on the Zocalo, the city’s main square. Once a place of Aztec sacrifice, it’s big enough to hold 100,000 people and is now a spot for sightseers and protesters alike to gather under the massive, flapping Mexican flag.
