Blogs from La Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America - page 3

Right now i am full of icecream. Us girls sussed out the surrounding area and found an ice creamery thisafternoon. It was an interesting experience... especially with little spanish under our belts. I think the teeneagers working at the icecreamery found us quite amusing watching us try to order... and the first one went behind the counter to giggle at our attempts to communicate instead of serving us. It was delicious anyhow... we tried Lemon and cream, coffee, banana and pistachio! While we were sitting in the icecreamery a little girl of about 5 came up to us... did not say anything... and pulled the most adorable sad eyes face. It took us a while to figure out what she wanted. First we tried a few of our badly constucted spanish sentences ( How are you?, ... read more

We have been quieter since our escapades during the Day of the Dead festivities. Linda very much enjoyed a street salad in Mixquic, however, it took a few days for her to return to normal enjoyment of food. She somehow managed to work through her school days, and rest afterward. On Saturday, we went to view the annual art fair held at the school. Local and international artists paid for booths to display their wares and there were art displays by the students as well. Children activities, food booth and tables covered most of campus. Sunday saw us off to Balderas Market located just 5 metro stops away. This is a huge permanent market that functions daily, marketing traditional Mexican crafts, clothes, pottery, art, ceramics, masks, lights, glass, wooden artifacts etc from all over Mexico. We ... read more

First of all, I must apologize, today, October 19th, I log onto the blog site and to my amazement, realize that the last blog was not sent on October 13th like I thought it was. My mistake, so hopefully I will get this one out a little more diligently. Linda is off to school as usual, and is very busy testing and preparing report cards. I seem to be able to find things that need doing to keep busy. Of course, I walk and ride bike quite a bit, for example, a trip to Costco requires 35 minutes, most of it brisk walking, and maybe 10 minutes of subway riding time. Costco remains our favorite store to access meats, we do draw the line and avoid the meats, chicken and fish that are offered in the ... read more

On Sept 15th, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo rang the church bells sounding the cry for Independence Mexico celebrates 200 years. Government employees and most schools were closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so a very long week-end for all. Decorations everywhere, music, live bands, and people, people, people. Linda's school, being an American school, had classes Wednesday until 12 p.m. Afterwards, six of us met and strolled down Paseo de la Reforma, the city's main central street which was closed off to all traffic. Reforma has traffic circles with huge intricate monuments at major intersections every 5-6 blocks. There are 5 lanes going each way with a central stroll area that is very wide, maybe 15 yards. Then, there are 2 more lanes on the outside with a dedicated bycicle lane and all of this was closed to ... read more

The school situation is improving, less meetings, more teaching and getting to know the kids. They really are bright children and they love to help me with my Spanish...they don't even laugh at my feeble attempts. On Thursday the 26th we had meet the teacher/parent night. Wow, I've never kissed so many men that I didn't know...all in suits and good looking. Their wives were all gorgeous and were simply delightful in their 3 or 4 inch stiletos. The kissing on the cheek is kinda weird but obviously an accepted custom. Friday was a day for ....you guessed it......meetings, no kids that day. My students went to various places like Acapulco, Veracruz and other exotic places for the week-end. Finally, 2:30 Friday afternoon, and I (Maurice) go to ASF school and meet Linda. We join ... read more