Another weekend, another trip! I
spent this weekend in Mexico City.
It was a long weekend for me because I didn’t have to teach Monday due to
orientation being this week. I got to Mexico
City Saturday night just in time to go out for
burgers: real, delicious hamburgers. It was at a place called Butchers &
Sons. I also indulged in a spiked mint chocolate milkshake, which was a first
for me. Heaven on earth. Paulina was a doll and let Britney, Preston,
Jemina, and I crash at her place. Some of us ran a 12K in the morning. I was
sleeping. When Jemina and I woke up we attempted to find a Catholic church for
mass. We walked around for an hour but didn’t find one with a mass starting
when we arrived. We decided to eat instead. We went to brunch with everyone and
went to mass after brunch.
After mass, we met up with Preston, Britney and her roommate in Bosque de
Chapultepec. They went to the castle while Jemina and I munched on some fresh
fruit with granola and icing and went to Tamayo. It’s a modern art museum. It
was one of the coolest museums I had ever been to. My favorite exhibit was
about a break up letter. The artist received an email from her lover saying
that they couldn’t see each other anymore. She translated the letter and gave
it to more than 100 women to read from different professions and cultures to
interpret. Some wrote songs, others danced and acted, while others wrote a
written response. It was so interesting to see how these women described the
man who wrote the letter. Most were negative comments but interesting, none the
less. We met up with Preston
and Britney after to get some food. Then we collected our things and headed to
the next apartment. We played musical apartments for sleeping arrangements.
Somehow, we were hungry again so we went out for tacos across the street. When
we got to Juan’s place, we started to watch The Great Gatsby but we fell
asleep.
Monday was Teotihuacan day! Round 2 to Teotihuacan for me. We got up bright and
early and found a deliciously affordable breakfast spot a few blocks from the
apartment, bought some snacks and were on our way to the pyramids. We took the
metro and a bus to get there. It was a perfect day to be outside but I
underestimated the sun. So did Jordan,
poor thing. I had been to the pyramids before but this time we made friends
with the vendors. I asked how much a necklace was and the man told me $700
pesos. I politely declined and he lowered the price to $100 pesos. What is
that?! Another man taught us how to use the whistles that sound like animal
calls. When we finally got to the top of the pyramid of the sun, we wanted to
touch the center part to get some energy from the universe but there were
people meditating around it. We patiently waited our turn.
Once we hiked all the important
pyramids, we got back on the bus to head back to the city. Lots of traffic. I
separated from the group to go to a game night so that Mexico City residents can practice their
English. It was a lot of fun! We played Apples to Apples for a couple hours.
They all spoke really well! It was enjoyable teaching them phrases and events.
There were about 18 adults in my group. After game night I met up with everyone
in the hotel that we were staying at for orientation. Some of us for P.F.
Changs for dinner. It’s so good no matter what country you’re in. Catie, Jordan,
Preston and I watched some Arrested
Development then hit the hay to rest up for orientation that started on
Tuesday.
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