D'la Bonita
Travel Blogs from Mexico City
Week 1 of classes!
... really struggling! I never find spinning easy but adding altitude into the equation along with my lack of fitness and I think I could be in for a hard time over the next few weeks as I get used to living at altitude. I knew it would be hard as every time I have to climb the stairs to cross over the road I find myself breathless at the top. The gym is up 4 flights of stairs so that’s a challenge as well!
I came straight back home after ...
Mexico
... authorities burned about 134 tons of marijuana recently to make room for more of the stuff (new york times).
In mexico, just about everyone there speaks spanish. the language came to be one the spanish conquistadors came and conqured the Aztec, Inca's, and the mayans. Then the language spread and is now the native language for the country. You can say hello by the basic "Hola" or depending on the time of day, "buenos dias, buenos tardes, buenos ...
Mexico City
... of the square is Cafe Santo Domingo where I had lunch; Tacos Arabes (four tacos filled with fried arrechero, onion and capsicum with red and green sauce and a little bowl of tomato, onion and avocado salad) and a limonada. Delicious and only about $10.
Bought some post cards then walked to the Post Office which is in a gorgeous old building across the road from Belles Artes, then went back to Cas de los Azulejos for a proper look around. The whole building is now a ...
Condensed days
... excitement to find English books, bought
two. Even more heavy things to carry, well done Sarah. I almost forgot,
Sarah and I had a lovely chat over breakfast about my need to learn
Spanish and the opportunities for work over here with NGO's i'm
interested in, once i had managed it. No problem **cough**. So, after
perusing the bookstore, consuming a lukewarm latte and utilising the
free wifi to call my mother to get an apple crumble recipe, ...