Actually, despite the title of the blog, I haven't been able to really get a feel for just how big the city is yet. Way back in 2006 when I bought my airline ticket from Vegas to Mexico City, I selected window seats for both legs of the flight, but when I made the switch in Houston, somehow I found myself sitting in the middle. Not fun, and also meaning the first I saw of DF was the airport. That went pretty smoothly except my luggage was selected for the random search. The system works like this: you fill out the customs form, hand it to the agent, and press a button underneath a TV monitor. If the screen shows green, you're free to go; if it's red, your stuff gets rummaged through. Watching four people
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