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Subject: Re: Mexico City--6 hours Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:06:21 +0000 (UTC)

In article , Jorielle
writes
>Trotsky house is in a very quiet area but not a whole lot to see, so unless
>someone is really interested in that part of the history, I wouldn't
>recommend for a 6-hour layover visit. I went there only to take some
>pictures to show my father who used to teach communist history. The guard
>will also show you the bullet holes from earlier assassination attempt.

Yeah, they tried to machine-gun him down, the bullet holes are
saucer-sized.

But it's a cool option, eh? :-)

"What did you do for your short sojourn in Mexico City ?"

"I went to see the house where Trotsky was assassinated with an ice-
pick".

--
JohnM
Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul
http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm