Stray cats and Parliament

I always thought that stray cats were a special feature of the Canadian Parliament. (Parliament Hill is home to a colony of stray cats: Insert Canadian Senate joke here.)

However, on the grounds of the Palacio Nacional (which is sort of like the Mexican White House), we found over a dozen well-fed but skittish stray cats living amongst the plants. Everyone talks about the Diego Rivera murals in the Palacio Nacional, but for us, the cats and the cactus garden (how cool is it that the Mexican President's official residence contains a cactus garden that is open to tourists?) was a highlight.