Día 10

Today was a long day. It's been a while since I wrote, but I haven't missed on saying much. Yesterday we went to Reforma, a district downtown with all the nice stuff. Also, Zona Rosa. I saw the symbol of Mexican Independence, the Ángel de la Independencia. It was pretty cool. Like a mexican statue of liberty but maybe a little smaller. Anyway we didn't really do much else there (in Reforma), but that was because it was raining so no one was out. Yesterday was also Axel's son's (Aldo el Coreano's) birthday. It's been raining for 4 days now.

Today we went to Ranchería and had carnitas. They're barbecued pork meat which you wrap in tortillas and shove in your mouth. They were good. Afterwards we went to El Centro again, this time with Rubén's grandmother and aunt. We spent some time there and then went to Xochimilco. Xochimilco is like the Venice of México; it's a series of ancient canals that used to go all the way from xochimilco, miles away from the capital, all the way to El Zócalo, where the square and the old cathedral were when I went a few days ago. Anyway, Xochimilco was a really cool place to be, because of the boating, and the food, and all of the other cool stuff. I just found out it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's pretty cool to be visiting those around the world. gotta catch 'em all.


The last thing we did today after Xochimilco was come back to the house and eat tinga. It was pretty good. Really good. It's something you definitely can't find in the states though. I liked it a lot... I feel pretty good.

PS Yesterday, I found a For Sale sign that said "No se vende por los pinches gringos de Arizona". That's pretty funny. It would seem that not many people are huge USA fans here. Especially of Arizona... Thanks GOP.


Also, the last picture is Rubén's sister Melissa. I haven't seen her since she was a baby but she asked me to take a picture. She helps me out with my Spanish, sometimes.