Blogs from La Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America - page 4

Well, another week has gone by and we are comfortably settled in. Last week, Linda was walking with Matt, another teacher 10 minutes to the Metro, 15 minute Metro ride, then another 20 or so minutes catching a shuttle bus up to the school from the Metro. The whole process takes 45 minutes to get from home to the school, and teachers are expected in their classes by 7:30. That means Linda is leaving home at 6:25 a.m. Now, for the school. I am still hoping Linda will soon find time to blog about her school in detail. What a huge place. Their enrollment (approximately 2600 students....preschool-grade 12) is increasing, and their academic standards are rising when measured against other private schools. The number of graduates being accepted into international universities of their choices was at ... read more

WE ARE IN!!! This is Maurice, Linda will blog later this week with all the school information for those interested in all that "teacher stuff"! Wow, what a week! Saturday morning,we were treated by the Parent Associaion to a bus trip to a popular large market at San Angel! We were able to pick up a few things for the apartment and now know where to go for some Christmas shopping. We were dropped off by the bus at our apartment. We rented it unfurnished, however, because Rosa, our landlady, likes us, she volunteered the furniture she had if we would like to use it. We were charmed with a bedroom set complete except for a mattress and bed in a bag, which we bought and had delivered on Saturday! She also had a fridge and ... read more

The one with the Lucha Libre, Tequila and The Zocalo. so after learning how to make tequila and finding out that ancient people drank something called pulque which is 5% and tastes exactly like cider i was well pleased to be drinking some so when im told that salt on the hand and lime after the shot is ´just hollywood for the pictures' im thinking shit am i going to have to drink this straight, turns out the mexican way to drink tequila is actually a hell of a lot better and easier to do in the first place...bascially you pour the salt onto the lime, then you take the lime/salt juice into your mouth and hold it there, do the shot and mix the two before swallowing it goes down so easily its untrue ... read more

Right, well it’s time I got off my backside and caught up with some blogs. After Cancun we headed to Mexico City. With an afternoon flight we get into Mexico City at night and the airport is massive. Whilst waiting for our luggage I called our hosts at the hostel to arrange our free airport pick-up and where to be collected. We are told that they will only drive past once and to keep an eye out for a gold station wagon yeah cool no worries, until we get out into the dark and you can’t distinguish colour of any vehicle and then we see why they only do one drive by and cannot wait. There are police on the pavement in regular intervals and should an innocent dare stop and get out of the driver’s ... read more

I leave Mexico with mixed feelings and a little disappointed that we lost so much time to sorting out problems with our flights. Mexico can be incredibly frustrating do not be in a rush or late in Mexico it really doesn't work no one will share your sense of urgency and you will just end up more frustrated like a fly banning it's head against a window. I like a relaxed attitude it's better for the blood pressure but sometimes when your really up against it other peoples relaxed attitude can drive you up the bloody wall. The majority of Mexicans that I met did not welcome me with a smile but stood stoney faced, their features in neutral. After some interaction, especially when conducted in Spanish a smile would break out and a warmth would ... read more