Mexico #8

Spending this summer in Mexico, again based in Mexico City. (The #8 marks the continuation of my Mexico series from 2007; this is absolutely a way of copping out on giving my blog posts creative titles.) Our address is Calle General Juan Cano 129, #202; you can actually find it on Google Maps! The apartment belongs to our friend Alma, whose class Patrick TAed last year and who is an excellent, excellent writer. She has a wikipedia page! Anyway, we're staying in an apartment left vacant by her regular tenant for the summer.

The kitchen is behind Patrick. The front door is to his right, the bedroom is to his left, and there is a den (with futon and TV) across from the bedroom. If Patrick looked up, he would see the living room. For contrast, see the photo of the hostel basement where we stayed in 2007.



The first week was not particularly eventful, but we did do a small amount of sightseeing, including a visit to the Torre Latinoamericana downtown. When it was built in the 1950s, its forty-four floors made it the tallest building in Latin America. An artist has planted a bamboo+fern garden in front of it.

If you are wondering what Mexico City looks like, here are some views from the tower. First, some taller buildings and the big park, Chapultepec. (The park's name is based on the Aztec word for grasshopper; for photos of the gorgeous late-colonial castle there, see this blog post.) Next, some shorter, more typical buildings, and the main plaza. You can glimpse mountains in the distance, which ring the city; they should be much clearer, but there's a lot of air pollution.




And just for fun, from the tower as well: