The Capital City

We did a lot yesterday, but didn't make it to Xochimilco. We may try to go during the day we have here after our class. We did enjoy touring around the city though. Here are some of our pictures:


The House of Tiles. It used to be a home and was turned into a Sanborns.

Some of the tiles.


David in the candy section of Sanborns.

The strangest thing I have ever seen (with the exception of the ladies tent spa posted previously), a giant gelatin dog.

The restaurant in Sanborns.

Real molletes! We make these on Sundays sometimes. I was so excited to have to real deal!


The Basilica.

This is for Sarah S. Aztec ruins beneath the Basilica.

Here you can see some of the tile work.

Inside the Basilica.


Some remains. This guy was buried alive!

The streets of Mexico City.

The Zocalo, third biggest square in the world!

Inside the Palacio Nacional. Can you find Texas on the map :o?

Mexican declaration of independence.

A death mask.

An Aztec Chihuahua!

Wall paintings in the National Palace by Diego Rivera. This one is of Cortez enslaving the Aztecs.

On the right, the lady with the lilies around her head, stands La Malinche. She betrayed her people for the Spanish. The downfall of a nation at the hands of a woman-haha.

The Basilica a few years back.

Cool looking food.

Look at all the people!

A man plucking the remaining feather from a chicken (David took this photo).

The handicraft market.

Our new wine glasses.

David's favorite cheese. It unwinds like a ball. We have looked for it EVERYWHERE in the states. I hope he got his fix!

David at Oxford street.

The Golden Angel.

Day 1

Well, we didn't get many good pictures yesterday, but we should today. We are going to eat a little brunch then head to the zocalo for a bit and to the canals at Xochimilco (a Nahuatl word by the way)! I will try to post some pictures tonight. Yesterday we took a nice nap then went to the mall at Santa Fe. David showed me all of his favorite places he used to go. We had to drive though Chapultepec, which was lovely, though I am sure it had to do with the fact that the very rich reside there. There were lots of beautiful houses along the route, but they were all heavily guarded. We went to 100% natural for dinner, then went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (the least impressive of the series I'd say--seriously, they're making another one?). We finally got back to the hotel and David was hungry. The restaurant downstairs closed at 1 a.m. and it was five after. They were out of food, but more than happy to serve us drinks. David drank some racist brand of beer called "Indio" with a pictures of an indigenous warrior on the front while he told me about the beers of Mexico. Apparently, it is his new thing to collect, much to my dismay because unlike tea a good bottle can be rather pricey. We watched an episode of the office in our room and dozed off to sleep. A lovely day if you ask me. Here are a few pictures from the days before we left Houston and a couple of yesterday:


We stopped by Emmy's second birthday party!

Our good friends, George and Annie, recently moved to Houston. They came over to the new house for a visit and swim.

David wants one of these.

David at 100% Natural.

Found this at the mall. Every girl needs one of these personal, portable, spa boxes. Look how happy it made the girl on the box.

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¡Estamos Aqui!

¡Bienvenidos a la Ciudad de Mexico!

Hooray! We made it! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!

We had a safe flight and a relatively quick trip to the hotel. We are ready for a quick nap then and exploratory walk around the area (well, exploratory for me anyway).

Here are some pictures:




This is the one that we miss. This is a picture of her this morning, she knew we were leaving :(.

You can never complain about Houston smog again!

The hotel room :). Comfortable, modern and clean with a little kitchenette included! Moments from the Zocalo and the Golden Angel.

Pictures of Oapan!

Great News!

Laura found a website with pictures of our village! We leave tomorrow for Mexico City, then to Iguala, then to Oapan!

Check it out: http://www.casaromero.org/sanagus2005.html

For Nathan and Kaycee

An interesting article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_go_ot/autism_vaccines

Just Pixels

For those of you who know John Stuart and Dan Ling, you should check out John's blog as he is currently documenting his adventures in Singapore (how jealous am I?).

http://justpixels2.blogspot.com/