# Zocalo - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/ - Published: 2017-10-21T06:52:12-07:00 - Author: My Walkabout _**(in Mexico)** a public square or plaza._ ⌊DSC02317⌉**The golden hour** of morning light is still a few minutes away. I make my way to the ATM across the street from the hotel, then ask an older gent smoking a cigarette as he is leaning against his pink CDMX taxi if he can take me to the Zocalo. and away we go…. ⌊DSC02336⌉**There are many**, many Zocalo’s in Mexico City, so it takes me a few minutes to explain to the taxi driver that I’m looking for the one where the opening scene of the movie “[Spectre](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spectre/)” was filmed. I arrive just as the sun starts peeking through the clouds. A massive Mexican Flag is slowly flapping in the gentle breeze in the middle of the plaza as workers are cleaning the streets from last night’s festivities. I find a church to enter…. ⌊ DSC02339⌉**Our Lady of Guadalupe** watches over me as I silently sit in a pew and listen to the service. I’m humbled in the presence of the religious architecture. After feeling content from the morning service, I continue up and down the streets around the Zocalo, finding graffiti art and stunning buildings everywhere. It’s a strangely familiar feeling I have wandering the Zocalo, a feeling of Deja Vu. Yet, I have not been here before, at least not that I can recall…. ### Share this: * [ Email ](https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Zocalo&body=https%3A%2F%2Fmywalkabout.net%2Fzocalo%2F&share=email) * [Post](https://x.com/share) * [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) * [ WhatsApp ](https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ Nextdoor ](https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/?share=nextdoor) * [ Threads ](https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/?share=threads) * [[ * [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) * [ Reddit ](https://mywalkabout.net/zocalo/?share=reddit) ### Like this: Like Loading…