Blogs from Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America

Louis were supposed to go running this morning with Aly, but neither of us woke up. I guess I will just wait until we have access to the Tec campus gym to start working out. Leslie and Arturo picked us up at 9 am, and we drove to Mexico City. The other students from Tec couldn't come today, so it was just Louis, Sarah, Aly, and me until the new student from MIT arrived, whose name is Carol. When we got to Mexico City, we first went to the nationa anthropological museum. It was huge! There are many different rooms, each with a different focus. We visited a room about the evolution of humans, which had the remains of Lucy. There was a huge room with Aztec relics, including the pierdra del sol, or rock of ... read more

Hola Todas, So we have finally made it to Mexico. On the contrary to what people say about this place, in regards to its 'dangerousness', we actually found it to be a beautiful city rich with culture and history. There was definetly nothing boring about this place by any means with alot of music and dancing in the streets. The city is always alive with some crazy adventure :) We were lucky enough to meet up with a mate here, Bobbit. It was great to travel around the city and surrounds with a familiar face. He has already been in Mexico for 4 weeks so when it came down to speaking their language, Spanish, he was definetly our saviour.... I also think it paid off to pay attenton in school as I found my Italian came ... read more

Good evening folks 10 pm here just back from a walk around the Zocalo area. Today I "did" the National Palace. Sadly not too many pictures as its forbidden because its a working Mexican government building. Infact I got to wander around the Presidential office (no he was not in attendance). This building is simply amazing with total spanish influence! Courtyards with giant fountains and Presidential gardens with exotic cacti! So tomorrow I'll finally get off my dead duff and go to the Palacio de Bella Artes. I've been slacking a bit because I tire very easily at this altitute and for some strange reason my left arm for the last 8 days or so has been achy and sometimes just goes pins and needles altogether. So am hoping a bit of clean air and a ... read more

Good early morning again. Am a bit groggy and slightly grumpy as ive 3 roommates that seem to be clueless boobs. One leaves the light on all night so he can "see as he comes home" at 3am or later everynight. (Though I think he's just scared of the dark) haha. The second leaves his crap strewn all over the floor making passing by your own bunk nearly impossible. The third I've yet to see. This morning,tired of tripping over his pack i threw it up on his own bunk! Am getting reasonbly proficeint with the metro. So was able to negotiate the canals with 5 pesos,3 for metro and 2 for the light rail not a bad way to spend an afternoon. While there of course you get the obigatory touts,wanting you to take a ... read more

Hola! Hope everyone is doing well. Here in Mexico City the nights have been chilly but day proves to be warm untill afternoon rains. As the title suggests I visited The Cathedral and Templo Mayor,both were fascinating! Mexico City is thriving and an amazing place its breathtaking in both sights and altitude and smog,although the afternoon rains help slightly. Havent met alot of folks here in this hostel. While clean and friendly the dreadlock/don't shower for a week crowd isn't my thing haha. I've accomplished very little since first full day here but I keep reminding myself to slow down I have 10 more days here! So tomorrow (a day late) I'll hit Palacio de Bella Artes. Then later in the evening its the much anticipated LA LUCHE LIBREEEEEEEEEE! Masked Mexican wrestling doesnt interest me really ... read more

We flew from Guatemala City to Mexico City (both respectively called just Guatemala and Mexico by the citizens of their countries), to save ourselves the 3 busses and 28 hours it would have taken to go by land. We left our hostel at 4 am at the suggestion of the front desk guy, and had 4 hours to kill before our 9:30 flight by the time we got to the airport. Excellent. By the time we got on the plane and got to Mexico, we had been up for a long time, so the first thing we did when we got to our perfectly located hostel just meters away from the second biggest public square in the world - was nap. Then yes, we ventured out and surprisingly - got vegetarian mexican food! Cauliflower tortas and ... read more