Sinking city
Going to the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City on a Sunday was not the best of ideas. It was crowded. I wanted to visit the Cathedral of Mexico City, one of the biggest in the world, but of course it was partially closed, due to the Sunday mass. Fair enough, I got a good […] Read More
Into the night
Today I made my first steps into Mexico City’s night life. I spent the day mostly in different cafés and restaurants in Colonia Cuauhtémoc and in Roma, and then met up with Antonio. Antonio is a friend of Ignacio from Santiago (and also of Jimena), another example of the way one connection leads to the other. And, as […] Read More
Coyoacán at night
I went out with Daniel for drinks in Roma, he showed me a couple of interesting places to explore. We ended up in a bar called Licorería Limantour, for some great cocktails. We talked a lot, in Spanish, as much as my limited linguistic skills permitted, then switched back to Inglés. Later on, Daniel took […] Read More
Castillo de Chapultepec
I woke up early in order to meet Jimena. I met here during a dinner at my friend Ignacio’s place in Santiago, back in december. She’s a Portuguese teacher, also learns German, and a traveller like me. We met up at the Auditorio Nacional, and first went for breakfast in the beautiful neighborhood of Polanco. She […] Read More
Exploración
My cold is getting better, but I have to say I still feel exhausted. It’s maybe also linked to the city’s altitude, with 2250 meters above sea level, it is significantly higher than the port cities I have stayed in the last months… So I start exploring my neighborhood slowly. I have walked through Zona […] Read More
Military Parade
This morning I watched the start of the military parade on the Zócalo on TV, and heard the military jets thunder over the city. I headed out and over to Paseo de la Reforma, the big axis in Mexico City, just at my doorstep. Thousands of Mexicans already lined the street, waiting for the parade to […] Read More
Independencia (without me)
By coincidence, I arrived just in time for the biggest fiesta of the year: 16 September is the Mexican Independence Day, celebrating the events of 16 September 1810. In the little town of Dolores, the Grito de Dolores (“Cry of Dolores”) marked the beginning of the Independence War. It lasted until 1821, when local Spanish representatives signed […] Read More
Llegué a Mexico City
I arrived in Mexico city in the wee hours of Sunday. The flight was good, we had space as the plane wasn’t even half full. Though I could not sleep; and I arrived in zombie mode. I got through all the controls fast and without hassle, even though my washed passport looks really beaten. But […] Read More
Off to Mexico City
On and on and on and on…. I’m off to Mexico City tonight. It’s an overnight flight, I leave just after 11 and arrive at 5.30 in the morning – jumping two hours back in the process. I’ll be picked up at the airport, meet my Airbnb hosts , and then probably sleep in. Here […] Read More
Visa application
I spent the last two days assembling my visa application for India. Honestly, without Renato’s patience and help, I would not have made it. It’s a cumbersome, bureaucratic, ridiculous process. The embassy has outsourced the check of the documents to a private company, which only forward the complete, correctly filled out applications to the embassy. However, […] Read More