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Showing posts with label parents' visit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents' visit. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Some of my parents' observations from their visit:
- Mexico is a predominately Catholic, with lots of large and beautiful church. (Though Polanco in the DF is known for being a Jewish community). “Italy has nothing on Mexico City” -- My mom, referring to the churches, history, etc.
- Mexico is a service-oriented country. There are a lot of informal jobs -- shoe shining, selling food/snacks/pirated DVDs/jewelry/etc. Also, many stores and restaurants have a lot of employees/wait staff working at the same time. At dinner one night we counted 13 employees in the dining room at one time.
- "We never felt unsafe. Mexico gets a bad rap." (Note -- We also stayed in nice areas).
- Lots of traffic.
- The weather is fabulous (70 degrees in January)
- They serve water at room temperature. (Note -- Maybe because people are used to it that way? Since you can only drink bottled water, most people have large containers of water in their homes -- kept out at room temperature).
- Lots of carbohydrates -- bread, donuts, tamales, tacos, etc. Lots of tacos.
- You see lots of limes, but not lemons.
- All gas stations are full-service (ie: they pump your gas for you).
- There are lots of police. And they drive with their lights on.
- They keep the streets clean. People sweep them.
- People wear seemingly heavy clothing despite warm temperatures. You see jackets and sweaters. No shorts or flip flops.
- People are very friendly.
Monday, February 21, 2011
On the last day of my parents' visit we visited Chapultepec and Polanco.
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| lots of motorcycles on our way to Chapultepec |
In Chapultepec we visited the Chapultepec Castle. (Click here for previous blog post about Chapultepec Castle).
Video I took of the Voladores de Papántla (note-- on the new Beccainthedf Youtube Channel)
We also visited the Anthropology Museum (a first for me).
We had lunch at Havanna -- a chain from Buenos Aires that sells alfajores!!
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| Chapultepec Castle |
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| Chapultepec Castle |
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| mural in Chapultepec Castle |
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| mural in Chapultepec Castle |
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| mural in Chapultepec Castle |
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| mural in Chapultepec Castle |
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| mural in Chapultepec Castle |
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| Chapultepec Castle |
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| Chapultepec Castle |
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| Chapultepec Castle |
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| Chapultepec Castle |
We saw the Voladores de Papántla perform (fly?) outside of the Antrhopology museum.
Video I took of the Voladores de Papántla (note-- on the new Beccainthedf Youtube Channel)
We also visited the Anthropology Museum (a first for me).
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| Piedra del Sol |
We had lunch at Havanna -- a chain from Buenos Aires that sells alfajores!!
We visited the bird cage in Polanco
After dinner we enjoyed passion fruit and guanabana (soursop?) margaritas to celebrate a wonderful visit!
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