Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Last weekend was my second trip to Mexico City. Having been informed that I had family in Mexico City (a great uncle, I think?), I decided to meet up with them. After hitching a ride to the city with my friend/coworker Diana, I met my relatives.
When I first talked to them about meeting, I was under the impression that I would go explore the city on my own, meet them for lunch or dinner, stay overnight at their place, and be on my way. But they had other plans. Soon after picking me up they informed me that they had cleared their entire weekend for my visit.
They then proceeded to chauffeur me all over the city, taking me to all sorts of amazing museums, cultural attractions, and restaurants. Hannah and Zelik, if you're reading this, thank you so much for an amazing weekend - you really went out of your way for me and I appreciate that.
On the topic of chauffeurs, by now I've been driven around quite a bit. The driving here is quite different from the US, mainly due to the fact that nobody follows the traffic laws. Taxi drivers consider stop signs and red lights to be purely optional - I call it the "no cop, no stop" mentality. And it should go without saying that the residents of this country have a fervent passion for speeding.
Mexico's solution to these driving issues is to put huge speed bumps EVERYWHERE. This is easily one of the most irritating things ever. God Bless America; while the streets surely aren't paved with gold, they are at least not riddled with speed bumps.
Photos:
The view from my relatives' apartment. (!!!)
Everybody at Chapultepec, the Central Park of Mexico City.
At the Museum of Natural History.
Panorama taken from the castle at Chapultepec.
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